My shipping difficulties of last week were fortuitous, as I found an alternative product for less money that worked for my application, received it in two days and altered it to work for me.
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My shipping difficulties of last week were fortuitous, as I found an alternative product for less money that worked for my application, received it in two days and altered it to work for me.
Could write up a Hackaday.io or instructables post perhaps, but prob won't find the time.
My TLDR summary is I employed a solar-charged light for our dark/dank shed, overcoming a few 'features' of most products which don't fit my use case.
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Most outdoor solar lights products had issues:
a) won't turn on if solar panel detects daylight
b) remote controls – not needed nor useful for inside the shed
c) complex modes unneeded
d) $30-50 pricesI found a simple product for $20.
The light fixture needs power jack in place to work, but a switch to kill the power from the solar panel makes it think it's night. Then you can illuminate inside the shed.
Ironically a switch turning off the power is needed to make it come on. lol
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