Hi
We have just installed a indoor solar lighting system
http://www.solarilluminations.com/so...r-indoor-light
We have it working ok, apart from a few niggles..
it doesn't come on as early as we would like (the sensor seems to want it completely dark before letting power through)
It still seems to run the battery down even when the dimmer is turned to off ( we would like the option to conserve power to use later in the evening occasionally but this doesn't seem viable with this system)
the company suggest bypassing the control box and run the lights directly from the battery so we can have them on when we want. The only problem with this is it runs the risk of over discharging the battery (is this a real risk or something i'm not likely to actually do?)
Any help on the above would be very much appreciated.
My main question is what would be the possibility of an electrician wiring this system to be backed up by mains electricity? I'm not an electrician but would solve all the problems if for eg there was a switch to switch from battery power to mains power as and when we would require it?
At the moment i'm sceptical the system is more trouble than its worth and i should have spent the extra money on simple mains lighting.
I should add the lights are in our dining area which previously didn't have any form of lighting and we are London based so it's a UK mains system.
Thanks for reading
Ben
We have just installed a indoor solar lighting system
http://www.solarilluminations.com/so...r-indoor-light
We have it working ok, apart from a few niggles..
it doesn't come on as early as we would like (the sensor seems to want it completely dark before letting power through)
It still seems to run the battery down even when the dimmer is turned to off ( we would like the option to conserve power to use later in the evening occasionally but this doesn't seem viable with this system)
the company suggest bypassing the control box and run the lights directly from the battery so we can have them on when we want. The only problem with this is it runs the risk of over discharging the battery (is this a real risk or something i'm not likely to actually do?)
Any help on the above would be very much appreciated.
My main question is what would be the possibility of an electrician wiring this system to be backed up by mains electricity? I'm not an electrician but would solve all the problems if for eg there was a switch to switch from battery power to mains power as and when we would require it?
At the moment i'm sceptical the system is more trouble than its worth and i should have spent the extra money on simple mains lighting.
I should add the lights are in our dining area which previously didn't have any form of lighting and we are London based so it's a UK mains system.
Thanks for reading
Ben
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