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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am on a campaign to get neighbors to mount lighted flags to fly 24/7 till the USA can get it’s act back together...

Well, I picked up some 3 LED Solar Spotlights at Wally World for $10 a pair. With a power outage the other night, (from a car hitting a pole) I was going to get out the kerosene lanterns, when I had an idea.... Solar lights! I went out in the yard and brought a pair of them in, shined them off the light ceiling, and they did excellently! Lasted all night - put them back out the next day and they recharged fully. If TSHTF, these could be very handy and do not require any fuel or batteries. Oh, and I picked up one and used it as a flashlight going out to check on the chickens - works great! So now I will consider that I have 10 solar powered flashlights for general use whenever I need them, and yard effects until I do.


7,788 posted on 05/17/2009 7:07:25 PM PDT by DelaWhere ("Without power over our own food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe)
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Solar lights! I went out in the yard and brought a pair of them in, shined them off the light ceiling, and they did excellently! Lasted all night - put them back out the next day and they recharged fully. If TSHTF, these could be very handy and do not require any fuel or batteries. Oh, and I picked up one and used it as a flashlight going out to check on the chickens - works great! So now I will consider that I have 10 solar powered flashlights for general use whenever I need them, and yard effects until I do.<<<

What an excellent idea, for the fancy solar flashlights are expensive, and your price is no more than a cheap flashlight.

In the past, we could use the car battery and a wire to hook up the headlight of an auto.

LOL, was that only from Model A’s? Could have been, don’t know if it will work with newer headlights.


7,811 posted on 05/18/2009 12:02:06 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2181392/posts?page=1 [Survival,food,garden,crafts,and more)
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