The Liberty Light works even in bad weather 

Show your patriotism day and night

Flag Pole Lighting Made Easy 

Liberty Light Solar flagpole light

The Liberty Light solar flag pole light keeps your flag flying day and night 

With the solar Liberty Light, no need to lower your flag at sunset.

Thanks to the solar Liberty Light your flag can be seen 24 hours a day. This solar flag pole light will automatically illuminate your flag when night falls, till the next morning.
With the Liberty Light there is no need anymore to lower your flag at sunset.

More info on the Liberty Light solar flagpole light

LED technology for the solar Liberty Light 

The solar light for flagpole Liberty Light has 2 ultra-bright LEDs

Liberty Light solar light for flag pole 

Solar Lights for flag poles designed for wall or pole mounting

The Liberty Light solar flag pole light makes illuminating your flag an easy task.
You don't need to pull any electric wire as the solar Liberty Light is totally autonomous and self contained.

This solar light for flag poles comes with all the necessary hardware for pole or flush mounting. This makes installation possible on poles or on walls.

More info on the Solar Liberty Light

Installing the Liberty Light Solar Flag Pole Light 

How to install the Liberty Light

The Liberty Light solar flag pole light should be installed as high as possible and as safely as possible.

For example, if you use a ladder, on a 20' pole, with a 3' x 5' flag, you should put the Liberty Light somewhere around 12'-15' above grade or within 3 feet of the bottom of the flag at rest.

More info on the Solar Liberty Light

Liberty Light, solar lighting for your flags 

Liberty Light

With the Liberty Light solar flag pole light, there is no obligation anymore to lower your flag at sunset.

The Liberty Light will illuminate your flags all night long at no electricity cost

The solar Liberty Light can be fixed directly to the pole.

More info on the Solar Liberty Light

The Liberty Light Solar Flag Pole Light is finaly available! 

Liberty Light

The Liberty Light Solar Flag Pole Light is now available.
This highly reliable solar flagpole light can be mounted directly on the flagpole.

You can order it online at www.liberty-light.com

Solar Motion Detector Lights 

Solar Security Lights

Solar Street Lights 

Solar Street Lighting

Solar Pumps 

Solar Water Pumps

Solar Flag Pole Lights 

Solar Lights for Flag Poles

Solar Sign Lights 

How to illuminate real estate signs with solar sign lights

Solar Lighting 

Why LEDs are so popular in the solar lighting industry

Solar Spotlight 

Solar Lights for Flag Poles 

Flag Lighting

Solar Fountains 

Solar Fountain

Solar Spot Lights 

Solar Powered Spot Lights

Solar Lighting 

Outdoor Solar Lights

Solar Christmas Lights 

Solar Powered Christmas Lights

Solar Christmas lights utilize LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes), rechargeable batteries and a small solar panel.

Three or four hours of sunlight every day will provide illumination all night long.
Solar Christmas lights can be found in numerous colors and shapes.

More on solar Christmas lights

New Lens and New Website on Wind Energy 

Wind Turbines

Just a short note to let you know that I've just begun a new lens on Wind Turbines.

Like solar energy, wind energy is on the rise. I will share the latest technologies and trends and will try to show you how wind power can also be a good alternative.

I've just launched a new website on wind turbines.

Wind Power Generators - Wind turbines for private and professional use. Tips and Resources about wind turbines. Information on how wind energy is used to generate electricity

Solar Traffic Lights 

LED Traffic Lights

Solar traffic lights come equipped with the newest electronic technology. The system is based on photo voltaic. The solar panel placed on the top of the post transforms sun's energy to electrical power. The built-in solar charger / controller adjust the voltage produced by the solar panel.
The adjusted power acquired charge the battery. Lighting is obtained by bright LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes).
LEDs can last for very long time. LEDs are small and energy efficient but generate a lot of light. More info on solar traffic lights

Solar Traffic Signs 

Solar Road Signs

Solar Traffic Signs. School safety zones, working areas, road crossings, road and lane closure, you name it. Today's road signs are solar.

No need for electricity or cables. Solar road signs can be easily and quickly installed. LED technology is making this kind of application possible.

Solar Road Studs traffic management systems 

Solar Road Markers and Pavement Markers

Between the years of 2004-2006, in the tourist aspect alone, over 700 United States citizens lost their life in long distance travel related incidents. Most of them are due to poor visibility at night or in bad weather conditions.

Solar Road Studs or Pavement markers can help reducing accidents.

Solar String Lights 

String lights and party string lights

Solar Rope Lights 

Rope lighting without electricity

Solar rope lights are mainly used for decorative lighting.

Many individuals use an assortment of lighting to light the inside and outside of their homes. One of the fast growing trend when it comes to solar lights is that of solar rope lights.

Solar Pond Lights 

Floating solar pond lights

Solar Pond Lights are a brilliant and effective choice for your pond and garden.
These affordable floating solar lights are very versatile and add allure to all kinds of ponds.
Solar pond lighting is a wonderful way to add beauty and charm to your water features, as at night they cast wonderful shadows and reflections into your garden, giving your pond a wonderfully delicate feel.
Further finesse can be added with the various colors and shapes available.

Solar Path Lights 

Pathway lighting made easy

Solar Path Lights are very popular.

Placed along a pathway, driveway or sidewalk solar pathway lights will help you find your way at night.

These light fixtures can be stuck anywhere in your garden.

As no wiring is necessary, path lighting is very easy to implement.

Solar Security Lights 

Security lighting made easy

Very often, Solar Security Lights are used as porch lights.

Adding safety and security to your home and outdoors is now simple and affordable.

Known also as solar motion lights, they switch-on automatically when movement is detected in the field covered by the infrared sensor.

Solar Flag Pole Lights 

Flag lighting the easy way

Another solar energy application...

With this ingenious gadget, there is no obligation anymore to lower your flag everyday at sunset.

Solar flag pole lights add a dramatic effect to flags all night long without the need of electricity

The solar flagpole light can be fixed directly to the pole.

More info on Solar Flag Pole Lights

Solar Shed Light 

Solar lighting solution for storage sheds and more

This solar shed light is ideal for remote places like storage sheds. No need to excavate your garden to run electrical cables.
This shed light is powered by the sun.

In addition to storage sheds, the solar shed light can be used in attics, workshops and Mobil homes, for example as a backup light.

Solar Security Lights 

Your home sentinel

Solar security lights are ideal for protecting your home and property. They will welcome your friends and discourage intruders.

They are also known as motion detector lights.
The passive infrared motion detector is the heart of the system. This component monitors the surrounding area and triggers the light when any movement is detected.
On some sophisticate models, in addition to the lighting process, a siren will yell when activity is sensed.

Solar security lights are easy to set-up.
No cabling work is necessary, and all you have to do is to choose the site you need to protect.
As always with solar products, make sure the solar panel is exposed to sunlight; this will guarantee that the battery is correctly charging.
Most solar security lights come with a separable solar panel that you can attach at a convenient and sunny place.

An important thing to remember when installing a Solar security light is to fasten it sufficiently high, to avoid any tampering by eventual intruders.

Solar Street Lights 

Street lighting is one of the largest single expenditure for many cities around the world.

Staying up-to-date with new developments and adopting solar lighting technologies dramatically reduce electricity costs and green house emissions.
Solar street lighting can be an economically viable option in many applications.
Not only in areas where the cost of providing electricity is too expensive, but also in situations where reducing running costs is a priority.

Solar street lights are a judicious choice for parking lots, parks, highways, roads airports, area lighting and many other public, private and military sites.

When installing solar street lights, there is no need for excavation to put cables, as power does not depend of the grid.

Solar energy is used to charge the self-contained battery during daylight and at night, the power released by the battery powers the lights.
A timer or a photocell controls the operation of the lights from dusk to dawn.

More details on how solar street lights work.

Set up is quick, usually less than a day per solar street light. It can be done by any experienced technician.
The solar panel needs to be properly aligned to gather maximum energy during the day.

There are few things to consider when planning using solar street lights.
It is very important to correctly size the different components (solar panels, lamp, battery, solar controller) according to the geographic area.

More info on solar LED street lights

Solar Garden Lights 

Solar lights will give life to your garden every night.

Solar lights are really easy to install in your garden.
All you have to do is to decide on the site you want to lit and stick the fixture in the ground.
Best of all they don't need electricity.

Some will come with a small built in solar panel on the top; other will have a removable panel that you can place at a sunny and convenient location.

During the day the solar panel linked to an electronic circuit, charges the batteries.
When night begins to falls a photocell detects the changes in luminosity and switch on the light.
At sunrise the light switches off and the charging cycle starts again.

Assuming the batteries are fully charged, good quality solar lights will provide illumination all night long without any problem.
NiCad (Nickel Cadmium) or NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) Batteries are often used in solar lighting applications. They will last 2 or 3 years and are easily replaceable.

Most modern solar lights use LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology.
Contrary to usual light bulbs, LED's power consumption is very low, thus providing more lighting time.
In addition, LED's are very reliable and can last a very long time.

Maintenance wise, the only thing required is to clean the solar panel once in a while.
Regularly removing the build up dust with a soft clothe, will guarantee optimum performance.

Do not expect solar garden lights to deliver an extremely bright luminosity.
Their main purpose is to create a pleasant atmosphere at night.
Very nice accent lighting can be obtained when the lights are well located.

Solar garden lights can be found in a multitude of designs and for many purposes.
In addition to the simple and common fixture, you can find for example floating solar lights for swimming pools or ponds, solar deck lights, solar pathway lights.

Solar lights are not limited to gardens; in my next article I will give you an idea about some other interesting solar lighting applications.

Solar Light Batteries 

Solar Light Batteries are not etenal

When your solar lights stop working, or the lighting intensity diminishes, most of the time batteries are the reason.

Solar lights batteries need to be replaced every year or so.

More info on solar lights batteries

Solar Eternal Lights 

Solar lights for cemetery - Solar memorial lights

OK, I agree, it is not a very pleasant subject...

Did you know that solar lights are used in cemeteries?

Nowadays, Solar Cross Lights and Solar Angel Lights are very popular memorial items. They are slowly replacing candles and battery powered eternal lights.

The reason is simple: Solar Eternal Lights shade a beautiful glow every night on the resting place and they need minimum maintenance

More info on Solar Eternal Lights

Floating Solar Lights 

Solar Pool Lights and Solar Pond Lights

So you have a swimming pool... Lucky you!

Now it's time to impress your friends and neighbors with some floating solar lights in your pond or swimming pool.
Solar pond lights will definitely add life to your water features at night.

Around the world in 15 months... in a Solar Car 

The Solar Taxi

For the first time in history, a solar car is making a trip around the world...

OK, it's not about solar lights but I couldn't resist this one! After all, solar cars have lights and I believe they are... SOLAR LIGHTS!

In the course of his trip with a solar energy car, Louis Palmer from Switzerland arrived in Lebanon to promote clean energies. So far, Palmer has crossed the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Syria, before arriving to Lebanon. He will later continue on to Jordan. The journey will last 15 months with a goal to cover 50.000 kilometers. Palmer will visit 5 continents and 50 countries. He is expected to end his tour later this year.

Now for the solar car:

The 3 wheels vehicle has 2 seats.
The Solar Taxi (its name) is linked to a trailer covered with solar panels and containing the batteries and electronic stuff.

It seems to work!!

LEDs Light Emitting Diodes 

Led Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are used on almost every electronic appliances.
Solar lights love them! Why?
1. LEDs are bright
2. LEDs can last years
3. LEDs have a very low power consumption

For the above reasons, LEDs are replacing normal light bulbs in a lot of professional and commercial solar lights.
LEDs are used for example in solar traffic lights, solar street lights and airport lighting.
In this kind of applications ultra bright LEDs or super bright LEDs are utilized.

The solar safari helmet 

Another... weird solar application

I cant resist adding some solar gadgets on this lens from time to time. I am considering starting a new lens dedicated to solar gadgets...

So, your brain is overheating? Cool! Solar technology and the solar safari hat is here to help! This solar safari helmet has a small fan powered by 4 solar cells located on top. When there's no sun, the fan can be fed by 2 AA batteries.
Guess what's missing on this solar fan hat... a solar light of course!

The solar ... Printer 

DIY Solar panels

Solar energy is progressing fast.

In the near future you will be able to print sheets of solar-cells with cheap home ink jet printers. The printed sheets can then be placed on a roof, wall or any other area. I like the idea!

Just connect the printed sheets to a battery charger and that's it! You obtain 12 volts. You need more? An inverter will do the job of providing 110 or 220 volts.

Alternative and Renewable Energy Links 

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