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Where buy high quality low voltage landscape lights ?
On Jun 13, 12:43*pm, "brooklyn1" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Jun 13, 9:21 am, "Dioclese" NONE wrote: "brooklyn1" wrote in message .. . "Dioclese" NONE wrote in message om... "Smitty Two" wrote in message news In article , "brooklyn1" wrote: And there are now solar lamps that do emit enough light to illuminate relatively large areas and/or throw light a distance sufficient for a flag atop a pole. Well, illuminating a flag atop a pole is pretty far down my priority list. I might get to it one day, after I alphabetize my soup cans. But when I was browsing HD recently I checked out the lumen specs on solar lights and they were just a shade less bright than a single briquette of glowing charcoal. I don't remember seeing any that were more than 10 or 12 lumens, which would be enough to read 24 point type by if you had about 50 of them focused on one spot. Tell me more about these new ones that you've found. Source? Manufacturer? Lumen spec? He didn't say how tall the flagpole was, or its corresponding sized flag either. That could be a factor regardless the lumens stated. All ones for that purpose I've seen are using standard electrical power from a meter loop of some sort. They also have a focusing shroud around such a light. Said light is pointed at the top of the flagpole to cover all directions the flag could furl. Guess if you're wearing a low-light detection device, you could see such a flag illuminated by a solar-powered light. -- Dave Yoose need to think outside your pointy little heads. Solar lighting has come a long way since the last time yoose opened your moth eaten miser purses. Harnessing solar power is the future, get used to it. http://www.solarlighting.com/ http://www.solarlightstore.com/ Guess its a matter of perspective. 20 watts of light ain't much. Guess you may be able to detect a flag atop a flagpole without low-light visual aids if you've been in the darkness for sometime. Depends how high the flagpole is too. http://www.solarlightstore.com/solar...lights/integra... -- Dave http://www.solarlightstore.com/solar...lights/8ledsol... Took a quick look at the biggest spotlight at the above store that one might think would be best suited to get a decent amount of light for a flag on top of a pole. * Look a the specs: *8 LEDS, 5 volts, plastic, 2lbs. * *If you're trying to make a case for solar, that sure ain't the way to do it. * Stating the light output, how long it will maintain the light, etc would be a good start. ====== What a skank... you picked out the least expensive lamps at the web site.... a set of 5 @ $70.. what do you expect for like $12 each, cast stainless steel with a 20 year guarantee... duh *I think for the price they're a great buy, better than low voltage sets, and if not abused by stepping on them or running a lawnmower over them will probably give many years of service. And you cannot judge illumination by wattage... I never suggested judging illumination by wattage. I only pointed out that they have NO SPEC of any kind for the light output for the solar light I looked at. Should I waste my time looking at every light there? If you have a great example of a solar light with specs that can be used to light a flag at the top of a pole, I'm sure we'd all like to see a direct link to it. /.when I went to school I was taught that watts is a measure of energy consumed, not output... high wattage appliances typically consume most power to generate heat... there are actually idiots out there (many idiots) who buy kitchen mixing machines by wattage... I guess they wanna use them as hair driers. * The same lumens can be focused or diffused. *I have various Mag-Lites that throw very intense light over great distance, powered by a couple AA cells... would definitely illuminate a flag atop a 20 ft pole, with a more efficient battery (such as is typical with solar lights) it would illuminate a flag all night *With solar lights (any lights), depending on use the lower wattage may very well be the better choice... I have recessed fluorescent fixtures in my kitchen that give tremendous illumination yet consume very little wattage. *Anyone who discounts solar lighting is truely a pinhead... some 70 years ago the same kind of pinheads poopooed fluorescent lights. *Do yoose realize that the first automobiles used oil lamps as head lights, now they use high intensity lamps that are many times more efficient than those from just a few short years ago... believe it or not there are still many people (most of the world) who light their homes (when they do) exclusively with oil lamps and candles... they don't need any stinkin' new fangled 'lectricity. *Folks better start getting used to solar energy, it's the future. *The gas station has already been here more than twice as long as it will exist into the future... your great grandchildren will only know a gas station in a museum. *It really doesn't matter that there will shortly be no more US made automobiles, it was bound to happen, better sooner than later, it's the best thing could have happened... need is the mother of invention. |
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Where buy high quality low voltage landscape lights ?
On Jun 13, 3:54*pm, "brooklyn1" wrote:
"Smitty Two" wrote in message news In article , "brooklyn1" wrote: Yoose need to think outside your pointy little heads. *Solar lighting has come a long way since the last time yoose opened your moth eaten miser purses. *Harnessing solar power is the future, get used to it. http://www.solarlighting.com/ http://www.solarlightstore.com/ Well, your first link is to commercial solar. We were talking about homeowner landscape lighting. As to the second link, please select from that website, one self-contained solar-powered landscape light that lists lumen specs, so I don't have to go wading through the whole site to see what your point is. Does your mommy still hafta wipe your tushy... if it's so important to you there's an 800 number or send email. *Lumens aren't very important with outdoor lighting... typical indoor lighting reflects off the walls,ceiling, floors, and furnishings back into the room... outdoor lighting travels to infinity... type of source/light and how it's concentrated is what's important... that's why there are floodlights, spot lights, etc. In other words, you have no specs. You're the one that was calling people names and claiming that we were behind the times. Yet you're promoting companies and products that can't even list the light output of their products on the internet. I only do business with companies that provide specs and data sheets and have them available on the internet, as any decent vendor does. No need to waste time with companies that don't have them available, because it's usually for a reason. If you want to convince someone as to how viable solar lights are to light up a flag pole, a data sheet with specs would go a long way. Also, apologizing and retracting your racist remarks would be a good idea too. |
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"brooklyn1" wrote: Does your mommy still hafta wipe your tushy... Nah. My mommy's dead. Now your daughter licks my ass clean. Still waiting on the solar light lumen spec, though ... anytime you're ready to back up your claims with actual facts. |
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"brooklyn1" wrote in message ... http://www.solar-flag-pole-lights.com/ Yep, and here's some details that some people may be interested in regarding that: http://www.liberty-light.com/ See bottom of the page. I don't like their method of moving the light way up the flagpole. To start out with, its ugly in appearance. Part of the illumination is blocked by the flagpole itself. The usual method consists of surface/ground mounted units to illuminate all areas the flag could possibly furl. Double that distance and mount on the ground, you have 1/4 the illumination for the Liberty Light on the flag. You'll need more than one Liberty Light for a stand-alone flag pole. The building side mounted flagpole, one is enough. They throw in the Lux factor for an idea of its illumination. Look he http://www.answers.com/topic/lux I'm all for green. We need to use what's available including the sun. What we get when we use a solar-powered product needs more research by the consumer before a purchase. We also need uniformity of illumination specifications, along with stating that as a comparison of what we know. Like illumination compared to a certain wattage standard incandescent light bulb when citing illumination of an LED. -- Dave |
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Where buy high quality low voltage landscape lights ?
wrote in message
... On Jun 13, 3:54 pm, "brooklyn1" wrote: "Smitty Two" wrote in message news In article , "brooklyn1" wrote: Yoose need to think outside your pointy little heads. Solar lighting has come a long way since the last time yoose opened your moth eaten miser purses. Harnessing solar power is the future, get used to it. http://www.solarlighting.com/ http://www.solarlightstore.com/ Well, your first link is to commercial solar. We were talking about homeowner landscape lighting. As to the second link, please select from that website, one self-contained solar-powered landscape light that lists lumen specs, so I don't have to go wading through the whole site to see what your point is. Does your mommy still hafta wipe your tushy... if it's so important to you there's an 800 number or send email. Lumens aren't very important with outdoor lighting... typical indoor lighting reflects off the walls,ceiling, floors, and furnishings back into the room... outdoor lighting travels to infinity... type of source/light and how it's concentrated is what's important... that's why there are floodlights, spot lights, etc. In other words, you have no specs. You're the one that was calling people names and claiming that we were behind the times. Yet you're promoting companies and products that can't even list the light output of their products on the internet. I only do business with companies that provide specs and data sheets and have them available on the internet, as any decent vendor does. No need to waste time with companies that don't have them available, because it's usually for a reason. If you want to convince someone as to how viable solar lights are to light up a flag pole, a data sheet with specs would go a long way. Also, apologizing and retracting your racist remarks would be a good idea too. ---------- The specs are there, you have to click a link on the page for more details. They may not be in lumens. One of the website uses comparsions to the standard incandescent light bulb in terms of watts, and another website uses the term "lux" which can be converted to lumens. While "lumens" is more specific in illumination, the layman needs a comparison to the standard incandescent light bulb in terms of watts to get an idea of illumination of a specific LED. -- Dave |
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