Solar Lighting Guide

Outdoor Solar Lights

April 27, 2013 By: Admin Category: Solar Light

Outdoor Solar Lights Explained

outdoor solar lights Outdoor Solar Lights Outdoor solar lights uses the identical action to generate power as the solar panels on your ceiling (or that you could set up on your ceiling, if you selected to). Essentially, it applies photovoltaic (PV) cells, which accumulate and switch solar energy into electrical energy. The PV cells apply semiconducting materials to engage the sun’s light, which interacts with the silicon and another components to produce electrical energy. The electrical energy runs over cables which power the battery, which in go powers the light. This is an highly simple explanation, but it will present you the common idea of how solar cells play. They can only make electrical energy from direct sunshine, which is why solar lighting wants a battery in order to be able to light up the dark.

So that the batteries to keep a constant charge, the solar light fixture should be in a position that meets full sunshine for almost of the daylight. If it just gets partial sunlight, because it’s barred by trees or other construction, or because your area has much of cloudy conditions, the batteries will run out earlier, and your fixture will supply light for a lower amount of time. Most outdoor solar lights fixtures own a backup power system which applies rechargeable batteries. Solar lights fixtures which apply a small amount of electrical energy frequently apply small AA Ni-Cad or NiMh batteries. But more strong solar lights fixtures (like head lights) apply a covered lead acid battery.

Photo detectors that automatically evaluate light degrees (like the kind that tells your photographic camera when to apply its flash) are constructed into the solar lights fixtures. They monitor light degrees and turn the fixture off at morning and on at nightfall. But get sure there are no artificial light sources (like a street lights or head light) that may contribute a wrong reading and forbid the light from turning on.

Outdoor solar lights usually utilizes LED bulbs. They apply less power than incandescent bulbs and, with a lifetime of around 20 years, are much longer-lasting. Until lately, solar lights overall has not been as bright as lighting powered straight by direct current electrical energy. But the earliest super bright LEDs can at present illuminate as well as halogen bulbs.

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Solar Parking Meters

April 16, 2013 By: Admin Category: Solar Gadgets

Solar Parking Meters from Portland

Parking meter has become a mandatory tool in several countries to control parking on the roadside. In Portland, they have used parking meter that powered by the sun as a source of energy. In addition to use it without electricity, metered parking is also provide more flexibility in making payments that can use a coin, credit cards or smart cards. This tool also can “recharge” your smart card when you want to purchase more parking time. [Via]

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Solar Keyboard

April 10, 2013 By: Admin Category: Solar Gadgets

Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750

Logitech has unveiled an innovative and handy device, Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750.

The special feature of this keyboard is solar powered. It can be charged not only from sunlight but also from indoor lighting. If you are one of those people who are trying to be ecologically sustainable, this gadget is very helpful. And, don’t worry about wires, since it is a wireless keyboard.

The keyboard is very thin, just 7 mm thickness (the K750 is touted by Logitech as the world’s slimmest keyboard) and very stylish, most of all is all black in color, which makes the keyboard looks even sexier with its design.

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Solar Garden Lamp

March 05, 2013 By: Admin Category: Solar Light, Solar Panel

Solar Garden Lamp by Emma Caselton

Emma Caselton designed Solar Garden Lamp that charges itself during the day and shine in your garden at night. The solar garden lamp, with six illuminating petals, is suspended by use of its cable give the appearance of falls butterfly wings that are illuminated. Made of transparent solar cells and each one embedded with LED, making the solar panels as a decorative element and also the environmentally friendly power source for illuminate your grass, garden or pond side.

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Solar Powered Lamp

March 01, 2013 By: Admin Category: Solar Light

Solar Pebble by Adam Robinson for Plus Minus Solar

Solar Pebble designed by Adam Robinson for Plus Minus Solar is a solar powered lamp that targeted for use in rural Africa, as innovative humanitarian products, and at home in England as a perfect gift for outdoors, camping and festival enthusiasts. The LED of Solar Pebble powered by batteries charged from the sun through a small solar panel. It can also charge cell phones and other devices. The shifting ratchet handle makes the product possible to be carried and tilted when standing or suspended.

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Solar Training

January 24, 2013 By: Admin Category: General

Solar Training

The New Economic Stimulus Plan will make solar installers one of, if not, the fastest growing job in the United States. In fact, the need for solar installers, trained, professional installers will increase exponentially in the coming year, and beyond beyond of the tremendous financial and social support for renewable energy. If you are going to cash in on this new, increased demand for green-collar workers, you will need the proper solar training.

Solar training is critical because solar energy is such a broad, deep and often misunderstood topic. Sadly, there is a ton of information available on solar energy on the internet and in books, but a lot of this information may be false, or outdated, and, the true information is scattered across hundreds, or thousands of sources that could take years to sift through and put together. This is where a good solar training course comes in.

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Solar FM

January 23, 2013 By: Admin Category: Solar Gadgets

Solar Powered FM Radio

The Solar Powered FM Radio Kit allows you to teach children about environmentally friendly energy source of solar energy in a fun and interesting. The kit will make a fully functional FM radio that was designed to be bright and attractive to children.

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Solar Gadget Charger

November 25, 2012 By: Admin Category: Solar Charger

IllumiCharger by Ryan Hess

The IllumiCharger by Ryan Hess collect and store energy of interior lighting to provide free charging for USB devices in the same way that the solar powered calculators power themselves.

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Solar Panel Project

November 22, 2012 By: Admin Category: Solar Panel

A Project on Solar Panels To Educate Youngsters About The Energy Crises

Choosing the right science project for young people to do should include the concept of helping them become more involved in today’s important global issues. A science project on solar panels could be just the thing for them to gain a better understanding of how the energy crisis is affecting us and what they can do about it.

The world as we know it today has undergone drastic changes in the last few decades. Consider the past one hundred years of industry and the damaging effects this has played on the environment. Our lakes, oceans, and rivers are in a pitiable state. The very air that we breathe is infused with pollutants that make us sick. Natural disasters are becoming more occurent and destroy millions in property while killing hundreds of lives each year. The energy sources that have provided the power to fuel so-called economic and technological development and progress have taken their toll on our fragile environment. And the younger and future generations are the ones who are going to pay for the follies of the older generations who thoughtlessly abused our natural resources and the environment.

Teach Your Pupils This School Science Project

It has come to a point that the very survival of the human race is being questioned as being endangered in the coming years. The abuse of Mother Nature and her bounty has led to massive pollution throughout the globe. The biggest impact has been those of fossil fuels polluting, not only the atmosphere but, the water and other resources that maintain our survival. The mining of such fuels causes irreversible damage to the nearby environment.

They are a probable contributor to global warming, which threatens to melt the polar ice caps that could lead uncontrollable floods. The sulphur oxide emissions produced by fossil fuels cause harmful acid rain. Because fossil fuels cannot be recycled, they will eventually run out. The fact that our fossil fuel resources are fast depleting is a serious issue which we will have to face or else we can no longer have sufficient sources of energy to support human civilization.

High School Solar Panel Project

These all being said, you can imagine how educating the future generations of our world about energy efficiency can help in saving what remains of our energy sources and rebuilding the damage fossil fuels have done. The energy crises, the harmful consequences of fossil fuel use on the environment – our young people should be made aware as to how these are both significant issues that affect the very survival of the human race as we know it today.

Knowledge is a powerful weapon which can arm the future generations in their fight to rescue our ailing planet through resolving the issues on energy sources. Putting it into application makes it even more powerful. Showing the young ones the application of that knowledge is the best means to get their interest and win their support.

The Theory and Pracitical on a DIY Solar Panel Project

Imagine the future effects on the energy crises if pupils and students in all learning establishments were to undertake a school science project that included theory and the building of a solar panel. Solar panels harnessing the energy from sun rays are very appropriate to demonstrate to the youth the alternative energy solutions that are available. Doing the project by themselves will help them realize just how efficient solar power is. Harnessing power from the sun is a concept that young people of today should be familiar with. Let them have a hands-on project on alternative energy sources such as this one and this will help everyone benefit from the knowledge that the energy and environmental crises can be solved with modern scientific solutions.

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Solar Panel Bag

October 21, 2012 By: Admin Category: Solar Charger

Solar Panel Bag for iPad

Do you use iPad battery life while you are on the road? If you can not find the power plug to keep the device charged, you may be interested in this concept of a solar panel bag for your iPad. At first glance, it would pretty much give everyone out there the idea that you are a big Apple fan, because the solar panels shaped like the Apple logo icon. Indeed, there are real solar bags on the market, but how many of them show your love for Apple like this? [Via]

Designer: Seo Eul Hwa

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Solar Rechargeable Batteries

August 28, 2012 By: Admin Category: Solar Charger

renew by Tracy Subisak, Donn Koh & Herlinda

Designed by Tracy Subisak, Donn Koh & Herlinda, reNew Solar Powered Charger is another type of battery charger for your re-chargeable batteries. It is simple to use to harness the power of the sun, just simply attached to windows via suction cup. It looks like the neat decorative frame that hangs on your window or sitting pretty on the table. Toss the battery in the top portion of back frame, into the charging pocket protector, and when it’s all fully charged, pluck it out from the bottom of the frame.

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Solar Efficiency

August 14, 2012 By: Admin Category: Solar Heater

A Key Element In Solar Water Heater – Efficiency

solar high efficiency Solar Efficiency

Solar energy most often associated with electricity production, while at the other side, the heating is also one form of solar energy use. Heating is not too difficult, in this case the efficiency is the key to maintaining your system from damage.

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Indoor Solar Lights

August 10, 2012 By: Admin Category: Solar Light

Kusto Lampshade with Dye Solar Cells

Kusto is an exclusive lampshade that looks like a decorative piece when unfolded, and turned into a lampshade when folded. In the daytime, the colored surface (Dye Solar Cells) of shade harnesses sunlight unfolded onto a window glass, and stored energy transformed into light at night.

Functional prototype realized with Solaronix, presented during the worldwide exposition (Sunny Memories).

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Indoor Sun

August 05, 2012 By: Admin Category: Solar Power

Solight by Lee Ju Won

Sometimes the plants we have in our apartment might be a little trouble getting enough sunlight. Thus, the Solight concept may resolve the problem. This device is able to store solar energy through the internal battery, after which it will be able to be placed on top of the plants, provides a healthy dose of natural sunlight.

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