audioguru Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 Hi Guys,I finally bought some solar garden lights. Hey, they are new and were on sale for about 11 bucks. I can't make them so cheap and look and work as well.They aren't the expensive brushed nickel ones my neighbour has. Those ones light an amber LED very dimly for only a couple of hours each night.My new ones are a clear cracked glass globe about 125mm diameter on a stainless steel rod about 1m long. Half-way on the rod is a pretty big solar cell wth the electronics and rechargable battery. Inside the globe is an RGB LED and the electronics slowly brightens a colour up to very bright then slowly dims it back down. Then the next colour followed by the next. The cracks in the glass makes neat patterns. Cool!They run all night and are still bright at dawn. They sync about every half hour. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ante Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Hi Audioguru,You are not supposed to stay up all night watching those lights; you need your beauty sleep! How about your neighbour, is hi ok with living next-door to a night open amusement park? ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted June 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Hi Ante,My neighbours stay up all night watching my LEDs while I sleep. ;DHey, I received a laser pointer gift for Father's Day! It's in the end of a stainless steel pen with an ultra-bright blue LED. I thought the laser would burn my skin or make me feel some warmth, but no, it only produces a dot of red that goes very far. My dog goes crazy chasing the red dot around. ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Hi Tnk2k,I haven't seen those night lights. Where do you get them?I got my solar lights from Canadian Home Depot. Their importer is also Canadian so they might not be available in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguru Posted June 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Hi Tnk,Yeah, those button cells don't last very long when they are used to drive LEDs, like those little keyring LED flashlights. You can watch them dim as the battery runs down.I got a laser and ultra-bright LED pen for Fathers Day and its 3 little button cells don't show any sign of running down yet.I got a little fan that is powered by two AAA cells. I use Ni-MH rechargable cells which get quite warm powering it, and their charge doesn't last long. I just measured its current: 1.2A from 2.4V! It blows nearly 3W of hot air! ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJB2K3 Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 this sound like the LED gizmo's you get with the resin dragon models. i piced up a self contained one for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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