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sensable outdoor solar lighting options? | 14 comments (14 topical, 0 editorial)
Re: sensable outdoor solar lighting options? (3.00 / 0) (#14)
by ghurd on Thu Sep 11th, 2008 at 09:16:58 AM MST
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Just a thought...
Lowe's has (had?) a 4 AA motion light with a daylight sensor. $13? Amer-Tack, but sometimes they are packaged with another name.
Replace the 4 AAs with an LM7806.
Replace the bulb with a mini relay or mosfet (the bulb is wired backwards, the tip is negative).
Use the relay or mosfet to trigger the other 12V lighting.

Make sure it has the daylight sensor.  The types without the daylight sensor waste a lot of power 24/7.
It looks like a tiny round solar panel on the top, maybe 3/8" dia.

Sometimes Lowe's has them that already have LEDs.  Would simply need to have a 6V system, or use the LM7806 to power it from a 12V battery.
G-

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sensable outdoor solar lighting options? | 14 comments (14 topical, 0 editorial)

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