Outdoor Lantern Solar Solution needed

jjackstone · 01-04-19, 01:05 AM

The light you linked to is a motion sensor light. Neil has pretty much got you lined out. That bulb runs on AC. As he said you would need a very small inverter to turn the DC from the batteries into usable AC for the bulb. There are a number of other lamp solutions out there that do exactly what you want but not with that housing. If you must use that housing you will need the solar panel, a battery pack, the battery charge controller, an inverter and probably a small enclosure for the electronic items. You might try to find a direct DC LED bulb that will fit in the housing, remove the AC socket and find a way to mount the DC bulb. That would eliminate the need for an inverter.

Something like this could work.

https://www.amazon.com/GLW-Waterproof-Outdoor-Security-Equivalent/dp/B00DI3N0QM

JJ

01-04-19, 01:05 AM	#11
jjackstone Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sacramento,Ca Posts: 88 Thanks: 5 Thanked 32 Times in 23 Posts	The light you linked to is a motion sensor light. Neil has pretty much got you lined out. That bulb runs on AC. As he said you would need a very small inverter to turn the DC from the batteries into usable AC for the bulb. There are a number of other lamp solutions out there that do exactly what you want but not with that housing. If you must use that housing you will need the solar panel, a battery pack, the battery charge controller, an inverter and probably a small enclosure for the electronic items. You might try to find a direct DC LED bulb that will fit in the housing, remove the AC socket and find a way to mount the DC bulb. That would eliminate the need for an inverter. Something like this could work. https://www.amazon.com/GLW-Waterproof-Outdoor-Security-Equivalent/dp/B00DI3N0QM JJ Last edited by Daox; 01-08-19 at 11:52 AM..