Bought two of these and both would not charge by Solar, The only light that blinks in the sun is the light next to the solar light.
1660374
This is a terrible product. It doesn't work as it should. It appears the only light it seemed to work with was artificial light in the house. And that took forever. I had it in direct sunlight for hours and it did nothing. Do not purchase this product.
563723
The Rukus is always in solar charge mode. Just put it near a window or under an incandescent light and the red light goes on to show it is charging. If yours does not charge, even under a light, then it may be defective. Hope this helps.
619889
I have never needed to charge the by plugging them in. I think they work off of both, bu I am not certain on that. I just place the lights in direct sunlight or if it is cloudy just set them outside to recharge them. This always works for me. Hope this helps.
2226233
Its nice and bright, but unreliable. If its not bright sun or god forbid cloudy, it doesn't charge.
1614445
I have 2 of these. I have tried charging them, one at a time, with a 20 watt solar panel. They don't charge ... they discharge with the solar panel. I had a Xantrex XPower PowerPack 4 that did charge with the 20 watt solar panel.
593138
I tried charging it under fluorescent and LED bulbs and it does charge, if held close to the source, however I do not know how long it takes to a full charge. Sunlight is much quicker, I am sure.
2011666
I don't think so. The solar cell may charge without direct exposure to sunlight but it may not be enough to charge the battery completely. I have installed mine where sun does hit directly for few hours and the rest of the time it is at an angle but it still works perfectly. The light is not very bright, please keep that in mind.
760347
I would have to say no. This product needs strong sun light in order to charge up. So unless it was by a window or door that got strong sunlight I wouldn't advise it.
1735018
I am currently trying to get it replaced because it stopped charging. Would recommend not getting the solar powered.
134251
I think if you just place it in direct sunlight and it should begin to function after it charges. If it does not it may be defective. EDIT--- Just checked..there is an on/off button on the bottom of the base. Press to activate then place in direct sunlight.
1411309
My light (green) stay's on when charging. It goes off when complete. Mine only blinks when the battery is low. It sounds as if your battery might be faulty.I never use tech support on anything. They usually know less about their products than we do!
1372671
I did not charge mine by electricity but rather thru solar power. I'm not much help with this--sorry!
1562697
Good question, I tried to charge mine using solar recently and they did not charge . I have been very busy recently and haven't had a chance to figure out what is wrong
1956434
I wondered the same thing. With our Gator, when I charged it with the old charger the light would blink the entire time I was charging in but would only hold the charge for riding a very short time. You might want to call customer service at Peg Pergo first.
1229305
Unfortunately I have never been able to fully charge the charger completely from the solar panel. I have left it in full direct sunlight for several days and only get to 3 blue lights... Just continues to blink like it is charging. Concept is great, so I really want it to work better. It just doesn't.
1558904
Do you have a solar charger? Mine is plugged into a charger and never had any problems.
2211510
No, it should not blink. Both lights are red while charging and top row/right hand side column of the battery charge changes to green when the battery if fully charge.