A Source of Light Up On the Roof.
Several years ago when both Kathy’s and my Mothers were living with us before they died, Kathy’s Mom had to have a couple lights on all of the time in her room. I took the two small solar panels that I had acquired after my brother died and put them up on the roof. I ran wires down to a panel on the wall close to the battery box that is outside. The gauges tell me how much juice is going into or out of the batteries. I have another fuse panel and small wires ran through them to all of the rooms in the house. I am using LED lights in all of the lights so the battery will last for several days if it is cloudy for several days. Most of the LED’s are highly directional with a 15°angle of bright light, a few are more like a 60° angle so they are not as bright. I made the fixtures so they can turn to any spot in the room. You can aim them and set in a chair and read very easy in the beam of bright light. The rest of the room does have light from it but not like an incandescent bulb. I can light over 10 LED bulbs and not use the power that one car incandescent parking light uses. We have found them very handy when the power has gone out for several days. We use it every night as I have red LEDs in several rooms for night lights. That way we keep the system up and going. Something you don’t use, you don’t keep up.
A Source of Light Up On the Roof.
Several years ago when both Kathy’s and my Mothers were living with us before they died, Kathy’s Mom had to have a couple lights on all of the time in her room. I took the two small solar panels that I had acquired after my brother died and put them up on the roof. I ran wires down to a panel on the wall close to the battery box that is outside. The gauges tell me how much juice is going into or out of the batteries. I have another fuse panel and small wires ran through them to all of the rooms in the house. I am using LED lights in all of the lights so the battery will last for several days if it is cloudy for several days. Most of the LED’s are highly directional with a 15°angle of bright light, a few are more like a 60° angle so they are not as bright. I made the fixtures so they can turn to any spot in the room. You can aim them and set in a chair and read very easy in the beam of bright light. The rest of the room does have light from it but not like an incandescent bulb. I can light over 10 LED bulbs and not use the power that one car incandescent parking light uses. We have found them very handy when the power has gone out for several days. We use it every night as I have red LEDs in several rooms for night lights. That way we keep the system up and going. Something you don’t use, you don’t keep up.