Recent content by flattiemay

Solar lights will definitely get nicked, but I'll think about the bicycle lights. I could get a solar panel to charge the battery.....but this is starting to sound an expensive way to exercise a dog. Everyone else just walks up the road and uses the street lamps. That's a bit boring though.

I've got one of those spotlight things but it needs recharging every day and this means I've got carry it every day. It's quite heavy and it's had so much use it's wearing out. That's why I was considering something different as a replacement. I don't mind carrying things but I've got a...

I want to put lights at various points on the land just to see where I'm going. eg there's steps up to the shed and I usually hang an LED headtorch in the shed doorway just to give me a bit of light to see my way up and down the steps.

I was wondering if there was something smaller than a car battery that I could use that could be charged up weekly at home. I'd need the lights for about 2 hours per week and LEDs use such a small amount of power that it seems feasible. I have seen a set of 5 garden spotlamps in Argos but...

I hope someone can help me with this project. I have a small plot of land with no mains power supply. I'm mad enough to get up in the mornings and exercise my dog on this plot of land and I want to rig up some low voltage lighting, possibly using LEDs. Does anyone have any suggestions? I...