Christopher H. Laco wrote:
Anyone else seen this problem with these sorts of accept (sic) lights?

I've never had any luck with solar powered lights - usually it is the
NiCd batteries that go first; they just aren't rated for 365 deep
cycles, so you wouldn't expect them to last more than a year best case.
I finally gave up and installed 25 watt metal line voltage lights from
Red Dot - they've been in the ground 10 years are still working fine.