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[dothawkes31]

Three of the lights in my solar garden lights are not working, I've brought them in and found they have batteries in them and so i have replaced the AA yellow batteries with duracell AAs, what's the worst that can happen and will the sn still charge up these batteries?

[MarkRae]

Er, well, are they rechargeable batteries...?

[dothawkes31]

good point, no they're not, I've pinched them out of my dymo gun, they're ordinary black and gold ones.

[MarkRae]

ROTFLMAO! So, you're wondering if the sun is going to recharge ordinary batteries...?

[stokemaveric]

they will work until they run out dot...but wont recharge lol

[welshlibranr]

I assume then that they'll work till they run out dot, you can always get some rechargeable ones in the morning..................

[dothawkes31]

Oh right, I thought the sun was a different thing to electric, so i wonder if those other batteries were just ordinary ones and not solar powered, which would explain why they stopped working.

[dothawkes31]

OR, are they rechargables that need electric to charge them rather than the sun. it says Ni-Cd AA600mAh 1.2v on them in tiny writing and they are a plain yellow,

[welshlibranr]

hadn't thought about that dot, maybe they are special ones that only work with the sun! Ooooh! maybe google replacement batteries for solar outdoor lights!!!..................

[MarkRae]

> I thought the sun was a different thing to electric

This is a wind-up, right...?

[welshlibranr]

I have seen NI CD batteries in the rechargables, you will be able to get some!.....

[ttfn]

Dot - the rechargeable batteries for solar lights should be replaced each year

[dothawkes31]

OMG, and people think I can be patronising!!!
http://www.ehow.co.uk...-lights-brighter.html

[stokemaveric]

i gave up on solar powered lights and just got low voltage ones and ran the cable under the lawn and hid it behind bushes and shrubs...they worked a treat until the cat bit through the wire [good job they werent plugged in at the time].....or else it would have been up there with the space station lol

[devilspawn]

Just buy a new set - cheaper than buying new recharegable batteries! Today is a throw away society.... under the guise of rechargeable!

[dothawkes31]

It;s not a wind up - it;s battery power, lol, no seriously I thought the lights were charged by the sun, I didn't know there was an actual AA battery in the lid.

[dothawkes31]

I thought the little window panel on the top of the light was like a solar panel on a roof.

[tamborine]

If its this battery then it's rechargeable on an electrical recharger

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk...M&hash=item563b6b32d7

[devilspawn]

Dot - either buy new rechargable batteries or buy a new set of lights.... your call :)

[dothawkes31]

it's similar, these ones are plain yellow with jst tiny writing on, so they can be charged with an electric charger? That;s good i have one of those, wonder why the sun doesn't work anymore though?

[dothawkes31]

I don't need new lights they are all fine now, and if I re-charge these yellow ones they can go back into the ones I have used the duracells on tomorrow.