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[Closed] Battery / solar security lights

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Are they any good? Anyone recommend one?

I currently have 1 security light on the back of my house which covers most of the garden except for the very bottom where my shed is (15-20) meters. The sensor just won't pick it up.

I'm thinking of putting a battery / solar powered on a facing the shed, hoping that it may also set the other one off?


 
Posted : 19/10/2016 11:49 pm
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Cheaper ones won't have a charge regulator, so it'll be trying to charge the battery whenever there's enough sunlight. I seem to recall that this is not good for lead-acid batteries, which is what they typically have. Kills the battery after a bit. You may have to spend more to get something with more brains and/or a battery better able to cope.


 
Posted : 20/10/2016 12:16 am
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Hmm, bump for suggestions?


 
Posted : 20/10/2016 1:37 pm

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