Convert Christmas Lights To Solar

A simple way to convert battery powered string lights into plug in powered string lights using a transformer that you may have laying around.

Convert christmas lights to solar.

If you have purchased led christmas lights a 12 v panel should be enough. Create solar power to operate your christmas lights. Make your own solar powered led string lights. Then either stake the kit into the ground or simply mount the panel.

For a few thousand you can run the xmas lights. The qedertek led solar christmas lights do not emit polluting substances into the environment during charging like a few other led solar lights out in the market. Using solar power to operate your outdoor christmas lights is an environmentally friendly and money saving project. Way back in the 1990s this page showed readers how to re wire christmas lights to run off batteries since battery powered xmas lights were extremely rare the article also turned readers on to led xmas lights which were new and extremely rare at the time.

If you like your outdoor light fixture but you don t like paying for electricity it s possible to convert it to solar without replacing it. Step 3 cut the solar lights. Plug them into your solar power outdoor outlet. If you re using separate solar panels you will need to purchase batteries.

Making a basic solar powered string of led lights isn t too difficult. If you use the lights inside the house power them up with solar rechargeable batteries or a solar powered outlet you already fully charged. Hang the lights if you are hanging them outside the house make sure you use a weather resistant electrical cord. It s also a good idea to replace the incandescent bulb in your fixture with an led bulb.

Qedertek 200 led solar powered christmas lights. A 10ft cord also allows you to conceal the solar panel and position it for optimum performance. Now you will need to cut the cord on the christmas lights. Just to do the lights you will need a 500 to 750 watt solar panel 80 amp charge controller 500 pound 1000 battery and a 200 watt inverter.

This instructable will require no electronics knowledge and no programing. Simply connect this conversion kit to your lighting fixture. Batteries are required because they allow the solar lights to operate in the darkness. The sun will do the rest.

Beautiful decorative string lights perfect to hang anywhere for a stunning lighting effect. What were will be doing is upgrading some old battery powered mini lights to leds and then using.