I added this set of solar lights to another order to see what the circuitry inside was like. I also wanted to see if the solar panel shown on the listing was remotely like the one sent. It is, and has a surprisingly high output.
A very nice feature of this set is the use of the increasingly common "copper wire" LED strings. These are made of two enamelled copper wires with surface mount LEDs soldered across them at regular intervals and then dipped in resin to protect the LEDs with a drip of tough and waterproof resin. They seem to be much more waterproof than the usual heatshrink sleeved LED strings that rust inside quite quickly.
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A very nice feature of this set is the use of the increasingly common "copper wire" LED strings. These are made of two enamelled copper wires with surface mount LEDs soldered across them at regular intervals and then dipped in resin to protect the LEDs with a drip of tough and waterproof resin. They seem to be much more waterproof than the usual heatshrink sleeved LED strings that rust inside quite quickly.
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Hi Clive, I have 6 sets of these, worked for 2 years, now all the batteries are dead I thought, what If I chomped all the solar panels off, fed all the wires together into a single one of the solar modules and connected a DC 1.2 volt wall water to the battery input of that one module, this should allow all the lights to get power and still keep the auto on at dusk and flashing mode (as opposed to wiring them all to a 3v power supply) any thoughts on that?
Thank you so much for what you do here! I have been training with an electrical engineer and I asked for help with a diy project of mine. I'm self taught through trial and mostly errors and a lot he says goes over my head. This channel is just the kind of things I do. And you speak layman 🤣🥰
I'm looking into getting a similar solar led light string thing, but a colorful one. A question is the battery just a rechargable 1.2V AA battery? If so then would it be fine if I modified it to take 2 rechargable AA batteries for more capacity and runtime?
I got a very similar set to yours with the same looking circuit board and right out of the box it didn't work when I opened it up I noticed that the one positive wire was not stripped or soldered at all so I fixed that and also the negative was soldered to the side of a capacitor which is weird I've never seen that ever before so I tried to take it off and put it in the negative spot that was marked but it's still not working maybe I should put it back on the capacitor what do you think? Ahh got to love Chinese electronics no information on nothing and usually backwards
😂 My wife bought something VERY similar from Amazon a few years back and they never actually worked. Only yesterday did I finally get around to opening it up and once I did I thought to myself "I wonder if Clive has taken one of these to bits?"
'Lo and behold, one search later, and I find what looks to be nearly the exact same thing. Only difference I've noticed is mine seems to be lacking any sort of control chip…which would explain why the mode button does absolutely nothing (I think anyway, from my understanding of course) 😅
I will double check once I'm able and update if I've given any incorrect information though. My thought process was really just to steal the solar panel from the unit and apply it elsewhere depending on how well it works.
Guessing by this video you might be able to tell me how to make these fairy strand lights permanently dim. I bought a strand that has 8 settings but not one is just dim. Mine plug into 110v (US) plug outlet with a USB plug going to the controller box (has remote too). All setting options are to busy flashing or just flat out too bright. Thanks for any solution to permanently dim them. They are LED lights.
I have same ones but one for my grams she shed I helped my dad build been holding up great I finally decided to use the other one I bought tangled so bad took me hours to untangle snd before I was almost done it comes apart amd idk how the wire reconnects to nfle the rest work
How do I make this LED strings plug in instead of solar and battery as they are? My dog chew the solar panel and busted the whole thing 😭
I'm looking at a bunch of these that have the LEDs alternatively (+ -) wired in parallel to the two power wires. This enables them to run on AC, or flash alternatively by running different polarities along the wires. Also, there's no polarity on the wires which makes hookup easy. You can snip off any length, or join more lengths at the end, and it still works. But since it's current fed the intensity will vary. Two things puzzle me: how do they reverse the polarity of the wires, and what good does the third wire do?
i bought a set at home depot. had them fir a month and they stopped working.
Hello my solar led wire wa cut off by kitties,hot to connect this wires please help
Hi I want to Run 20 micro light string from a solar panel, for my fairy garden just to come on at night can you tell me what I need to do this . Tia
Hi I want to run 20 micro lights from a solar panel can you tell me which solar panel I would need for my project
There is anyway to remplace the solar panel?
Great video .I have a set of these and cut through the copper wire accidently in one place. Is it possible to rejoin the copper wires to get them working again?
I have pretty much the exact same thing and am using them in a small home project. I finished using the length I need so will I be able to cut the extra off without any issues? The ones I have do flash and do all the fancy stuff
Im really sorry about my stupidity but i can't understand if the thing is on or off… When i press the on-off button nothing happens. Now im going day after day pushing the button 1 time and waiting all day…