Garden lamps on solar panels appeared in everyday life of a modern person for a long time. They are widely used in country and household plots, as well as to illuminate public places, trails, and even buildings.

Due to its optimal value and a fairly wide variety, such a street lamp can afford every gardener. Of course, one small source of lighting on the entire site will not be enough, since it does not give full bright lighting. With the help of such a muted glow, you can create a romantic situation and originally arrange a cozy nest outdoor.

Such a reception with point lighting sources love to use landscape designers, with their help they are easily emphasized and distinguished the individual style and composition of the site. It is pleasant to make sure that garden lamps on solar panels do not need electricity, so if you installed such devices in the garden, you can safely admire the lighting on the street, without worrying that it will carry subsequent costs.

In this article we will talk about the design of the street lamp, the advantages and disadvantages of the solar battery built into such a source of lighting, as well as the principles of its work, installation and modernization of garden lighting.

Garden and park lamps on solar panels: varieties

Depending on the size and type of section, landscape design and style style, the lamps can be used by various shapes, the type of light dispersion and other characteristics. Consider the types of lighting for the garden on solar panels and their features.

Bollardi

1. Luminaires in the form of pillars or bollard are the most common type of point lighting for the garden.
2. This type is mainly designed to illuminate tracks, paths, color flower beds, garden figures and other elements of the garden decor, where there is no need for bright and strong lighting.
3. In height, the lamps can reach from 50 to 150 cm.
4. The design of the light source can be the most diverse, it all depends on the manufacturer's imagination, ranging from the standard classic - a spherical shape and cone, ending with different silhouettes of figurines, bells, etc.
5. Such lamps are easily moved, they can be removed from the ground and stuck tightly to the place where it will fully fulfill its functions.
6. Most often, bollards are used precisely when designing areas in the style of Hi Tech and minimalism. These are nominated from the land of columns with a light stream pointing down.

Built-in lamps

1. Such light sources are mostly needed to designate the object circuit.
2. They are usually installed around the perimeter of the paths, in the ground, in the steps of the stairs, and are also used as a backlight of various objects from below, for example, the facade of the building, sculptures, art objects, shrubs, etc.
3. Such lighting should not be too bright and powerful, it only highlights and highlights the item or design so that in the dark not to get along with the path or pay attention to a specific subject.
4. Basically, the built-in lamps use LED, but if you need to highlight the facade of the building, there is a certain angle of inclination and a powerful beam of light, so that the light falls as high as possible and could highlight the entire structure in length.

Lamps for water structures

1. If you are the owner of the reservoir, pool or fountain, it is very nice to look at the backlight of such an object. In addition, the use of such design of the home reservoir is important from the point of view of security, because in the dark you can cool and find yourself in water, even if you know your site very well. The attitude to the touch in the twilight will still not insure you and your children from a possible fall.
2. The backlight can be made both monochrome and multicolored, and it is especially important for fountains.
3. Luminaires can be installed around the perimeter of water structures or even under water. However, they should not be placed so that the light gets directly into water, so the light beam will not penetrate into the depths of water, and the expected charm from dispersion of lighting in the reservoir you will not receive.

Decorative lamps

1. Such lighting sources for the household site often serve simply by decoration.
2. The shape and color of the lamps of this type can be the most different. You can stay on the form of fabulous heroes, bird garlands located on trees or backlit colors.
3. Very reserved and refined lamps lamps on solar panels, when the garden can acquire the style of the galaxies with the forms of lamps of various diameters placed at different heights.

Large lamps

1. This type of lighting is mainly installed on a strong support, as they are high enough and can perform the function of large street lights on electricity.
2. Their batteries are well protected from dust and moisture. Such lights are not cheap, because there are powerful LEDs inside, which, with a complete charge, can work from 3 to 4 days without a break.
3. The height of this pillar can vary up to several meters. They work year-round, regardless of the situation of the year.

Wall lamps

1. These lighting sources perform the same function as embedded lamps, but they have their own characteristics. They should be installed in such a way that the sun rays fall on the surface as long as possible during the day, otherwise they will not have time to charge properly.
2. With a complete charge, the wall lamp can work up to 10 hours, and if a cloudy day was outlined, then such a source of light can fully fulfill its function. The solar and brighter will be the day, the better the battery is charged.
3. These lamps are used to illuminate walls of houses, garages, fences and other facilities.

The main characteristics of street lamps

1. The quality of the garden lamp on solar panels primarily depends on the silicon used. In cheap options, an amorphous or polycrystalline chemical element is often installed. Its quality is much inferior to single-crystal silicon, which is capable of working at any time of the year, in addition, it is resistant to chemical and aggressive effect.
2. Typically, such light sources are covered with a special film that protects its surface from external influences. Such a coating provides a durability to the device.
3. In the era of progress, multi-string solar panels began to acquire more and popularity. In quality, they are located somewhere between polycrystalline and single-crystal lamps.
4. The demand for cheap solar batteries dropped sharply, so the production of such devices fell strongly, as a result of which manufacturers began to pay more attention to improving the quality of the latter, developing new species with minor differences. As an example, the polycrystalline devices already familiar to us can be considered, which changed their name on LED street lights. Such devices will serve on your site exactly 1 season, and on 2 will be much less shining with barely by-catching brightness.
5. The degree of durability of garden luminaires can be divided into 2 categories: for work and for sale. Manufacturers who value their name use high-quality material for the production of devices under its brand, where the thickness of the photocell is sufficient so that the sunlight penetrates deep and ensure the operation of the device for a long service life. But the Chinese manufacturers sent their business only for sale and turnover. Therefore, a photocell in such devices is practically disposable, and its thickness is not more foil. Of course, about security here it is inappropriate to say, acquiring such a device, remember that the miser pays twice.
6. The quality and structure of glass for the garden lamp also plays the last role in the illumination of the site. By purchasing street lights, pay attention to the glass, because the scattering of the beams of the light and the functionality of the device depends on it. The smooth surface is capable of reflecting some of the sunlight, while the textured coating is not adapted to this, opposite it accumulates diffuse radiation during the day. Therefore, this kind of lamps are designed for cloudy weather. Tempered glass is one of the most expensive coatings. It is very durable and reliable.

Garden lamp device on solar panels

Consider the elements of the device of the street lamp. Read more.

• battery that accumulates energy during the daytime;
• the photocell is an electronic device that converts sunlight into electrical energy;
• lED - it emits visible light due to the accumulated and transformative energy;
• the chip or transistor that performs the function of the sensor, which turns off the LED with a full battery or reduces the lighting brightness at a weakened charge power.

Garden lamp: work principles

How does the garden lamp work on the solar panel?

1. Sunlight, falling on the photocell, produces an electric current, thereby charging the accumulative battery.
2. With the onset of twilight, the sensor is triggered, and automatically turns on the LED.
3. With full charge, the lamp can work over 8 hours. Even with cloud weather, it will be charged, since invisible ultraviolet rays still pass through the clouds. Of course, in the late autumn and in winter, when the light day will decrease, the garden lamp will suffer to solar energy, but even in such conditions it will continue to function, but much with less power.
4. Despite the large amount of diversity of forms and models, garden lamps on solar panels, they are mainly made according to the principle of a typical scheme. It consists, as we have already spoken, from the LED, solar battery, converter and battery of a certain power. Each of these elements can be improved that allowing improved performance characteristics, for example, to make the light brighter, and the battery is more powerful.

How to make a garden lamp at home

To make your own hands a garden lamp on the solar battery you need to have experience in electronics, and in general, understand the principle of operation of such a device. In order to assemble a simple device, you will need a little skill and fantasy.

1. Batteries with a minimum power of 1500 m / h so that the input gave voltage at 3.8 V.
2. Resistors: LEDs (3 W per lamp either 2 pcs. In 1.5 watts); Transistors.
3. A special fee on which it will be possible to signify the scheme.
4. Reflector (you can use an unnecessary CD).
5. Using the entire set of submitted items, you can make a street lamp, while saving in 2 - 2.5 times.
6. Instead of pin, which sticks into the ground, you can use a metal pipe.
7. The ceiling can be purchased at the decor store, as a last resort, pick up with an old chandelier or use the food transparent container from plastic.

Garden Lamp on the Solar Battery: Repair

Each mechanism or device may eventually fail. If a garden lamp on a solar battery can be gathered by itself, then it is also not so difficult to repair or improve it.

Replacing the usual LED on color

When buying, you need to know whether your device is adapted for a similar replacement, because if not, after a vain forces, the device will work only a couple of hours and go out again. In order that this does not happen on the chip, another track is made and an additional resistor is soldered.

Brightness adjustment

To increase the reduction force of the device, the internal LED should be replaced with a more powerful one. In addition, it is recommended to install a battery with more durable parameters. If you live in the region where cloudy days are much more than sunny, still do not expect outstanding results. In this case, the accumulator of the lamp is better to charge directly from the network, but will the sense of the lamp will acquire such a plan.

Garden lamps on solar panels: advantages

1. Efficiency. By purchasing a high-quality lamp, you can significantly reduce your costs for electricity.
2. Mobility. Lanterns in the form of pillars and bollards are easily moved without attracting professionals, it is worth only to stick the basis for a suitable place in a loose soil, or if necessary, move to another location.
3. Does not require any wires and additional structures.
4. This is an environmentally friendly product.
5. LED bulbs almost never burn out, so there is no need to carry the costs of their replacement.
6. In the process of care, it is enough just to wipe the ceiling with a wet cloth.
7. Garden lamps fit perfectly into any interior or landscape design.
8. Long service life in the case of a high-quality lamp.
9. They can be installed in a wide variety of places, for example, near the reservoirs, in the ground, in the steps, on the facade of the building, etc.

Garden lamps on solar panels: disadvantages

1. It is necessary to install in sunny places.
2. In winter, they need to be removed, since low temperatures can cause the battery.
3. Designed mainly garden lamps for decorative lighting.
4. Street lamps of good quality are quite expensive.

Thanks to a large number of information on the Internet, represented with photos and video lessons, you can get involved in the collection or repair of garden lamps on solar panels. But if you are not sure of your skills, it is better from the very beginning to purchase a good lamp and check the quality of his work directly at the point of sale. Good shopping and pleasant, lighted gatherings.