Designers Edge L949 10 LED Rechargeable Solar Panel Shed Light Model

Posted on 2010-02-13 (UTC) by under Home and Garden.

The Designers Edge L949 10 LED Rechargeable Solar Panel Shed Light at only $23.94 is another great example of how affordable green technology is becoming like the Solar Powered Tiki Torch. It really gives you hope for the future of the planet when you find that for a very small initial outlay you can participate in the great effort that is needed to carefully husband the sparse natural resources that are available to us. We must get out of the habit of relying on the local power grid (if it runs on electricity made from burning fossil fuels) and start taking direct responsibility for generating our own electricity from sustainable sources such as wind, solar and hydro power. And this is what the Designers Edge L949 10 LED Rechargeable Solar Panel Shed Light allows us to do.

Everything comes in the box that you need to install the solar powered light. There is 16ft (not 20ft as advertised) of cord attached to the glass covered solar panel. The mounting frame to attach the solar panel to your shed, garage or greenhouse is included and makes the job of attaching the solar panel a breeze. Also included are 3 AA rechargeable batteries, the 10 LED light and all the screws and other bits and pieces needed to finish the job.

I'm no DIY expert but I managed to fix the Designers Edge L949 Rechargeable Solar Panel Shed Light to my modest-sized shed in my garden in just 4 hours. Admittedly I scratched my head a few times and used the occasional profanity, but that is more due to my incompetence than any fault of the instruction manual. Eventually, I put the solar panel on my shed roof facing East to get, in my estimation, the most sunlight. Then it was a matter of drilling a few holes in the shed wall and screwing on the light. I put it next to my work top. Once the cord between the solar panel and the light was connected properly via the battery pack, I got a red LED light up on the battery pack showing me that I had managed to harness the power of the sun to start charging the batteries. That was a great moment for me. I had an organic beer to celebrate.

The light itself has two settings – 5 LED lights or 10 LED lights. The lower setting is a bit dim, but fine for me to potter around my shed, put away my tools, light my pipe and so on. The higher, 10 LED setting, is fairly bright, and when properly focused on my work space, allows me to see exactly what I am doing. Now I'm toying with bidding on ebay for cheap solar cells to make my own solar panel.

Since installing the Designers Edge L949 10 LED Rechargeable Solar Panel Shed Light Model I have had to do nothing to the device other then get on the roof of the shed to fine tune the position of the solar panel. The damp has been no problem for the light or the batteries. The solar panel has stood up well to the weather and I continue to get free light for my shed. The manual claims I will get 100,000 hours of light for my $23.94 (plus postage). That makes incredible sense to me. I don't have to run a line from the house to my shed and I can expect 4,166 days worth of light. I cannot fail to save money with this simple to install solar panel and light in my shed. And more importantly, make an important point about being environmentally friendly to my neighbor.



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