Will the Natural Light 30-watt unit work on a bright day without sunlight on solar panels.
493358
Yes, it works very well without direct sunlight. You will find that even on an overcast day, the indirect light is picked up by the solar panel and it activates the fan.
319064
I have 7 of these in operation now (plus 4 more to be installed) and with normal AZ weather they all remain lit until the rising sun turns them off. Even with an entire day of grey skies they are on past bedtime. I recently bought one of the one watt models (SP2) and was very surprised to see it shine brightly for 12+ hours right out of the box! If it can run that long after possibly weeks in a box I have no worries about it's charging/storage ability in normal use.
480361
You can hook up a 30 watt solar panel directly without a solar controller. I posted a picture of my set up in the customer images section. If you had a regular 30 watt solar panel instead of the Goal zero like mine you could skip one of the wiring components.
1344649
Probably not. While bright enough in usual settings, it ptobably does not have the power you will need.
1075789
That would not work. It would be like trying to heat your home with a candle. The sun has incomparable amounts of light energy compared to any man made light. For example say a 12v 7ah battery takes a day to charge in the sun. It would take the same battery 2 months to charge with the lights in your garage.
1032754
Great idea! That would look nice. I don't see any reason it wouldn't work. You will have to place the "solar panel" on a place where it receives direct sunlight a good part of every day.
1162977
Yes, it works in the daytime. No, it won't work if turned off by the switch.
2039458
The max current in bright direct sunlight is about 1.5 amps, so it should on ideal days. I use it to charge my 20ah battery pack...takes a few days as I usually don't have it in ideal spots.
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.
1281542
I may be reading your question wrong, but the light is powered off house current, not solar cell.
425036
Yes. The light output is decent. Not .5 or 1 watt strong, of course, but enough to be seen in daylight.
748144
This could work. What you would need to do first is calculate the power needed to power the lamp and pump. Then determine if that amount is less than the energy from the panel in a given sunlight day. If so then the only other thing you'll need is a car battery or so(again, determined by the energy needed at night). There are solar calculators online. As for the wiring, the control box shows you what goes where.
1389240
No...It has to be direct sunlight. Also, the solar charger takes a long time to recharge the battery. I basically just used it as a secondary battery and charged it from the wall socket the night before. I think the solar charger would only help if you had several days to charge it. I left it on my dash once for a week and it barely charged half way.
199456
Yes, I would think so since it's solar based. I have not tried it in non direct sunlight.
1910448
In fact it will. If you leave it unplugged in the back of your vehicle it'll warm it up over several hours of direct sunlight.
1601393
indirect sunlight, yes. If you are looking for full sunlight for the plant during the day then no.
1075788
That would not work. It would be like trying to heat your home with a candle. The sun has incomparable amounts of light energy compared to anyman made light. For example say a 12v 7ah battery takes a day to charge in the sun. It would take the same battery 2 months to charge with the lights in your garage.