Looking for solar powered security light(s) at realistic price - where can I buy them? Thanks in advance?

Question

I am not trying to scource decorative solar lights, guys. Solar security lights with PIR, please, in the UK. Thanx again

Answer 1

Solar powered lights will be totally useless as security lighting, as you would only get a dull glow for a few hours. Get an electrician to install a photocell or PIR light depending on your requirements. A PIR would normally be a halogen floodlight, a photocell can be tungsten, but a fluorescent or SON/metal halide lamp would also be good depending on the area to be lit.

Answer 2

I agree with the "dont do its". Solar is only good for LED lights which are best as decorative lights and to outline a path or pedestrian hazards.

Security lights run at about 300 W each (even these are pretty weak for a spotlight). This is quite a bit of power. If you have 2 or 3 you would need to have at least a kilowatt hour of power stored and that is only if the lights are set to go on if an intruder triggers them. Full time operation would be a lot more. To get a solar power kit to run these for more than a few minutes will cost a pile of $. You would need actual mounted solar panels. You would also need to rig batteries. If this is just to save the cost of wiring to the location you would have spent this many times over.

Answer 3

I thought you ask for security lights? Why is everyone telling you about garden or porch lights?

You can get a cheapy solar powered security light from a lot of places. But you are getting a cheapy. A friend of mine bought one of those 50 dollar kits and he took it back twice and ended up getting his money back. The first one would not shut off and the second one broke because it was made of thin plastic. Think about it. A charge controller, light or just a real solar panel cost more then 50 bucks.

You are going to pay $400 to $500 for any thing worth while. Good solar panels are not cheap and then why would you want to put a cheap grad battery and light on it and it does need some kind of charge controller.

Answer 4

Well Solar Floor Lights last a long as they not all on the time.
one below come on for 30 secs so they last for week on end with out being changed.. other solar lights stop on all the time till they run out of power. but still need to be some where it can get some sun so it can recharge. best one looks like the Duo Security Light but it costs around 40-50 pound. I post a youtube of it working. I dont have one I use a Solar Powered Courtesy Light at the back so I can feed the cats a night I dont think its that power full but it does the job.

Answer 5

From personal experience I think solar garden lights are a waste of money. I've had three different sets, spending a little more money each time thinking that way I'd get the best. None of them provided enough light - not much more than the sort of glow you'd get off a cigarette - and they were not consistent. Some nights on, most nights off. Before some clever dickie tells me to place them in a better site, I had them in an area that gets the most sun and even on very sunny days the lights weren't guaranteed to come on.

Answer 6

Solar lights are an inexpensive and easy way to add lighting to your front yard, porch, backyard and garden areas. They generate and store their own power during daylight, and light up the nighttime skies for eight to ten hours per night, or intermittently with motion detectors, with their stored energy. They are available in a great variety of styles, in all price ranges, and are EASY to install. There is no need for costly and labor-intensive electrical hook-ups.

Answer 7

Personally, if you want security lights in the winter, don't bother with solar powered as there simply isn't enough sunlight to charge them up. I have ten in my garden and they simply fade in the autumn/winter and come back to life in the summer. If you want security from these lights, mains powered is the only way, I suggest.

Answer 8

Guide To Solar Power - http://Solar.eudko.com/?Tcn

Answer 9

try ebay some good deals on there

Answer 10

northerntool.com