I'm looking for solar lights with a timer

[chicken mama 0908]

How far away is the closest outlet from your coop? Could you use an extension cord? Some people do not like doing this because of looks. I don't care, but I don't know what your preference is.

 

[greatwhite223]

I got a unit from rainharvest.com. It took a bit to get the battery charging with the panel, but it is working now. Comes on from 7-9 pm, then 6-8 am.

 

[EMS83]

How far away is the closest outlet from your coop? Could you use an extension cord? Some people do not like doing this because of looks. I don't care, but I don't know what your preference is.

I'm in the same situation, and it's 100+ feet from house to coop, with a septic drain field in between. So I need a 100% solar option too.

 

[Mouthwash]

I'm in the same situation, and it's 100+ feet from house to coop, with a septic drain field in between. So I need a 100% solar option too.

I ended up giving up on the idea and the chickens just go inside at 4:15, or whenever it gets dark and I close the coop when I get home from work at like 530. I have a motion sensored flood light I got from Amazon for cheap which stays on for like 45 seconds only, and use a flashlight when I go out there to let them in.

 

[EMS83]

I ended up giving up on the idea and the chickens just go inside at 4:15, or whenever it gets dark and I close the coop when I get home from work at like 530. I have a motion sensored flood light I got from Amazon for cheap which stays on for like 45 seconds only, and use a flashlight when I go out there to let them in.

I use a flashlight to close them up. I really need light on them in the early morning to see if they'll lay.

 

[AGeese]

I ended up giving up on the idea and the chickens just go inside at 4:15, or whenever it gets dark and I close the coop when I get home from work at like 530. I have a motion sensored flood light I got from Amazon for cheap which stays on for like 45 seconds only, and use a flashlight when I go out there to let them in.

Hopefully the light isn't the kind that flashes off and on when the batteries start to die.

 

[EMS83]

Well I bought solar-powered market lights that have a remote. And I'll just have to wake up in the middle of the night to turn them on. All the timer setups look too complicated for me. I know next to nothing about wiring things together. I'll put that on my list of useful skills to learn.

 

[AGeese]

I got a unit from rainharvest.com. It took a bit to get the battery charging with the panel, but it is working now. Comes on from 7-9 pm, then 6-8 am.

This is a comercial site?

 

[greatwhite223]

This is a comercial site?

Yes, I believe so.

 

[greatwhite223]

Yes, I believe so.

The light, solar panel and battery are a unit, the timer I added into it. The batteries that came with it were not enough to last, so I put a small motor cycle battery (out of my daughter's little quad) on it for the winter.