Solar Lights

Water Bottle Lights
I recently learned of a simple idea that is being used to bring light to many homes and businesses in third world countries during the daytime that would otherwise do without. Some because they have no access to electricity or others because it costs so much that they would rather not use electricity except when absolutely necessary. This innovation is known as water bottle lights or solar bottle lights. They use no electricity. Instead they act as mini skylights or solar tubes. Empty plasti...

Solar Lights
Solar Lights with Power from your own Windmill!
Solar Lights are a very paractical way of illuminating garden paths, or to mark waypoints and driveways without having to run power cables. Solar Lights are usually not delivering the lighting power of conventional lights, but their light is sufficient to see where you go in the dark. AND with the instuctions below you can actually build a windmill to generate your own electricity. That will keep your energy cost at 0 (Zero!!). Especially as garden lights, they have found large acceptance an...

Solar Lighting Uses and Benefits
Welcome to my Solar Lighting Lens!
If you have an interest in solar lighting, I am glad you found this lens! This lens is dedicated to everything solar lights and solar technology related. I will try to keep it updated with fresh posts, but just in case, I have links to my solar lights and solar energy blogs' feeds below my article. **Update - I have just updated with a fairly long post that outlines the most popular uses for solar lights. Clicking any of the links in the article will take you to an article in my solar lights...