I have a project
what I like to do is get some led’s
and power a few in my city with a solar cell
I also have an old yard light but the solar cell is in 4 sections and not charging the battery very well
but this one was $30 and I hope it works better
here is the yard light circut mine has 2 leds
http://home.howstuffworks.com/solar-light1.htm
K
well I got my panel
wow its very small, but hope to get it setup with lights.
K
Budliner.
It may not be the Solar Charger, It could be that the Battery is just not capable of taking a good enough charge. Try putting the collector under a bright light for 12 hours or so, (a small halogen work light works for me), and then check the voltage that you get from the battery when it is under load.
If the voltage is not up to the battery rating, or just above, try getting some new rechargeable batteries and see if that resolves the problem.
You can get reasonably priced rechargeables in the Garden Lighting section of your local Home Depot or Home Centre.
Good Luck.
Blue Flamer.
thank you blue
I seem to get some charge but it looks like the leds are draning the battery, I tried to put a swich on them as the photo cell seems to need direct sun to shut them off
and when the swich is off that I added the battery will not charge
so today I turnerd one led off and left the other on
see what that gives me
K