Solar powered stable lighting

Hi

I use solar mate point 5 - very easy to install, provide enough light to muck out by, mix feeds etc. I put one in each stable and feed room

Have found them for £15 each at Maplins at mo.

I considered the more expensive solar to battery to normal lights, but works out a lot more expensive if you only have a couple of spaces to light.

Hope this is of help.
 
Yes, try Powerbee AKA Solarkitsdirect. Have had a number of lights from them, thus far the best have been the 36LED shed light for about £18. It has a built in infra red sensor so just comes on for about a minute when you walk past, great for using in the barn tack room etc.
 
I don't have experience of solar lighting, but have my little yard fully lit (and I mean fully lit, they are very bright!) just off of a battery. I looked into a solar panel as a means to keeping the battery topped up, however based on the average hours of sunlight we have during the winter it wouldn't have helped much and I would still have needed to get a battery charger! So all in all I decided it was not really worth the money.

Re kettle - I have a little camping stove from halfords - it just runs off of a little plug in gas canister with an on/off dial - have a camping kettle and can boil a whole load of water in less time than it used to take the electric kettle at my old yard! Considering getting a frying pan next so I can make bacon sarnies!!
 
alsxx said:
I don't have experience of solar lighting, but have my little yard fully lit (and I mean fully lit, they are very bright!) just off of a battery. I looked into a solar panel as a means to keeping the battery topped up, however based on the average hours of sunlight we have during the winter it wouldn't have helped much and I would still have needed to get a battery charger! So all in all I decided it was not really worth the money.

Re kettle - I have a little camping stove from halfords - it just runs off of a little plug in gas canister with an on/off dial - have a camping kettle and can boil a whole load of water in less time than it used to take the electric kettle at my old yard! Considering getting a frying pan next so I can make bacon sarnies!!
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WOW... now that really is food for thought.... pardon the pun.

Since this is a totally new concept for me, would you mind letting me know how you went about this.
 
Hi alsxx,

I'd be really interested to know how you link up the battery to the lights etc. I use a generator at the moment, but interested in battery/solar/wind turbine ideas!

Thanks
 
Ok will send you a pm! I think I will also do a separate post and see if admin will sticky it, seems more and more people are getting into doing batt powered lighting! Xx
 
Yes please please do - I have been trying to figure this out for the last few days. All help would be hugely appreciated.:D
 
NicoleH said:
I use solar mate point 5 - very easy to install, provide enough light to muck out by, mix feeds etc. I put one in each stable and feed room

Have found them for £15 each at Maplins at mo.
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Down to a tenner now:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=223425
Quite tempted to try a couple, but not totally sure as I tend to do pretty well between my headtorch and mains lights.
 
Hello. This is my first post on this forum, i hope i am welcome in this post.

Last September I installed a smallish solar panel set up for two stables, tack room and hard standing area using LED tubes and LED floods. It wasn't a cheap set up ( rough costings £900) but I wanted something that would be robust during the dark winters where daylight hours were limited. It ran like a dream. Money well spent.

I will at some point write a detailed post which shows my calculations and rough coatings if it will be of interest to anyone? If however this is something your wanting to do this summer and want info please feel free to PM me and I will help you out. I couldn't find much info when I was looking into doing this last year so want to pass on my knowledge to brighten up your yards!
 
Hi ruby red. I m struggling to get a mains supply to my stables. Please can you give me more details of how you sorted your solar power. How do you stop it being stolen?
Thanks
C
 
I am thinking of getting solar panels for my stables, but have been told that I would have to get planning permission from the council first, which may not be forthcoming. Has anyone else had issues with this or have they just put the panels up without permission. I thought that councils would appreciate going down the green route?
 
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