OT Solar Accent type lights

Jun 16, 2007 3 Replies

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mark digitalÂ© 19 years ago

I've been busy. I "planted" 16 triple tier solar recharging lights. So far so good. One odd ball out of the lot actually has a time delay and I thought something was wrong with it when I tested it by covering the light sensitive cell. Later on at night all 16 were lit. What a relief! I sparked my lighter above it and the light went out; came back on about a minute later. My question concerns the AA batteries. The lights come with NiCad and the instructions say to use only NiCad. What could happen if I tried using NiMH batteries?

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Scott in Florida 19 years ago

The neighborhood would blow up and some liberal would blame Geroge W. Bush ;-)

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Bruce L. Bergman 19 years ago

If you're charging from solar cells, probably would work. For a while.

NiMH batteries probably will not live as long in the application, because the charging voltage and the low-battery cutoff voltage shutdown each night would be a bit off.

If it was designed for NiCd, use NiCd.

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The oddball light was turning on later and later until it reached a point of not turning on until around 4 am! I exchanged it yesterday for a proper functioning one.

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