The Medway Handyman wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
Just been looking at this site http://www.smartsolar.com/home
In the FAQ section is the following;


Q) I tried to charge my new light under a lamp and it does not work.
What should I do?

A) Our lights will not charge indoors under a lamp with artificial
lighting. They need to be placed outside in direct sunlight to
charge. Before packaging lights the batteries are tested and 30%
charged. We recommend placing allowing up to full 3 days of sunlight
to fully charge the batteries before initially using the light.

How does that work then? I thought light was light?

SWMBO came home today with a solar LED light from DSL, purchased from
Morrisons.

The destructions say; "You can also charge the solar lights outdoors
then use them as indoor illumination"

So that confirms that sunlight is stronger or of different wavelength
than internal lights.

Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs.

I was helping to run the local May Day carnival in town today, a heavily
overcast cold day, when I bumped into a friend who said "The UV is strong
today".

Being an Old Fart with little up top, I thought he was referring to the sun,
that I had not seen, affecting my complexion. Nope, my photochromic lens
were black.