solar panel: when you turn off the lights does it still work?
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When the lights are off, the single internal battery powers the unit directly. If the screen ever goes entirely blank with no lights on, then the battery needs replacing (but it lasts a long time anyway). The solar panel is powered directly with visible light, but it is never being charged at all (there is no storage whatsoever of the light energy).
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Yes, you can turn off the switch so that the deck light will not activate when it gets dark.
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Yes. I turn the lights off at night. It really is a nice little tank. We have had it going for two months now.
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make sure it faces the southwest sky and there are no objects blocking the solar panel.also if another source of light at night is close by, it will turn the light sensor switch off.:-)JM
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There is an ON/OFF switch on the back of the solar panel. The Auto switch is active when the switch is set to the ON position on the lights are set up for a duration and sensitivity to detect motion, they will automatically come on.
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Yes, they stay lit. If you have the base on, all the panels that are on the base are lit. However, if you have a panel turned off, it doesn't turn on if you remove from the base until you turn it on. I like that feature.
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As far as I know, no it doesn't. Simple on/off switch turns on light. I suppose you could keep it "on" all the time and let it run out of juice, which would be replenished the next day when the sun is out?
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Yes,you can turn the light off with the button on the front of the Watt Station. I leave it on 24/7, it does not draw that much electricity and I light the light being on when it's dark in side the garage.
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Hi JP you can turn the lights off when you don't want them on the have separate switch for the lighting :)
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the solar panel is the sensor...it truly lights up at around dusk when the solar panel stops charging. Ive purchased this device twice. Its useful to light up a small focal area like an address sign or a single plant. Also the amount of time it will light up is very linearly proportional to the amount of good light it gets during the day.
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Once assembled with battery installed light the solar cell will turn on at night and turnoff in the morning automatically. There is no on/off switch.
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From Left to right, with the screw holes on the bottom, Solar Panel + / -; Battery +/-; light / load +/-. Remember the light / load outputs will only activate when the solar input drops low for a few minutes. It will switch off again once the solar input voltage goes up for a few minutes. If you don't want switched power, hook your load to the battery. This was designed for a solar streetlight application, sun goes down, light goes on, sun comes up, lights go off.
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We just leave the switch from the house on all the time. The lights turn off when the sun is up and turn on automatically when sun goes down. . We face south so we get a lot of sun however our friends gave them on their north facing home and they work fine. Hope this helps.
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We turn ours on/off from an indoor switch, although if it's really bright outside, it won't turn on until later in the day when it gets shadier and the shadows lengthen. It does not need sun to work. We love these, by the way.
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When the switch is turned off, lamps will shut off and the computer shuts off. I assume no electricity is drawn when the switch is off.
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It seems like it charges some. Mine died on me after hours of being on. Didn't think about turning off. Latter next day I noticed it was on. One note though The solar panel is small and not of the latest technology. I doubt you would get as good of charge if left on. Hope this helps some.
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Jana, Thank you for your purchasing. The light also use the solar panel as a light sensor. if you put the panel indoor in daytime, the lux indoor still can make the panel works(very small current), and the circuit will think it still in day time and the led light is off. But if you cover the panel by sth. , the panel will no output, and the circuit will think it is at night and will let the light on. And since it is in winter, the sunshine is not so powerful to full charge the battery inside in many area. In summer, the working time will be longer.