How To Change Batteries In Solar Lights Dollar Tree Solar Lights Recharge Batteries With A Solar
Light Easy DIY Solar Battery Charger hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper I'm a huge fan of
the solar lights that you can pick up at places like the Dollar Tree I like to buy the solar path
lights the solar panels on the top and then the light will be down here in like a little fixture
or like a jar type apparatus Dollar Tree also have solar pathway lights that are like spotlights and
these work really well too you can use these solar lights to light up your gate point them at a bush
light a trail these are very nice solar light spotlights also these pathway solar lights like
so many items are not available at Dollar Tree where I've been shopping and so what can you do
to make these solar lights continue to work and last longer all of these types of solar panel
lights from Dollar Tree have a solar panel that is actually charging a little rechargeable battery
inside these two have triple AAA battery you can see the battery through the spotlight you can
see there's a little yellow battery through the little slot and there are four little tiny screws
the circular path solar light you don't see that there's a battery inside but you can also take out
two screws but the easiest way then to open this is take out the screws then attach the
lamp part back in so that you can easily pull it apart without disrupting any of the wires inside
then you can look inside and see each one has a tiny triple AAA yellow battery I looked online
and I was able to find a 10 pack of rechargeable batteries you can see this has the same lettering
and configuration as the batteries inside the solar lights you don't ever want to use just
a regular AAA battery they're not designed to be in the solar panel they're not designed to
be rechargeable so don't mix them up make sure that you look for the yellow batteries that are
designed for recharging I was able to buy ten of these batteries on amazon for just
under nine dollars which while the lights cost one dollar each the batteries are 90 cents each
so if you can't get them it's still a better deal to buy the battery and continue to get use out of
your solar light I also was able to buy the little precision screwdriver set at Dollar Tree so that
I could remove the tiny screws first I undid the four screws on the spotlight and you can see where
the battery is and you sort of need to jiggle it a little bit so that you can pop the battery
out and the battery is out and now I can take the brand new rechargeable battery and insert it into
the spot make sure that you still pay attention to where the plus and the minus end go so while I've
never seen these batteries at the Dollar Tree I did get them on amazon they may be available other
places but that's where I bought these unwrap your battery and then look into the light fixture
and you want to nestle it in oops pay attention to the plus and the minus end the minus end goes
down where the little spring is and then if you had to bend any of it push it back then
you can just nestle it all back in together then i can put the screws back into the solar light
for the round pathway solar light I unscrewed this section so that I could reach the two little
screws but then I put it back on here so that I can easy easily pull it apart without disturbing
the wires and you can see where the battery is and it does need to be bent out a little bit to try to
get that battery out so just carefully bend up the little tabs you can remove the old battery and pay
attention to the plus and the minus the minus is where the spring is line up the screw holes
and you can still remove this and you can easily screw the little screws back in
and then it's ready to go look solar lights over before you order rechargeable batteries because
this little smaller solar light says two-thirds double AA rechargeable battery when you take it
apart you can see that the little rechargeable battery in solar light is a different size
try this easy fix for your Dollar Tree solar lights
get the most use out of your solar lights plus if you just have rechargeable batteries
realize that you can use the solar light to recharge batteries maybe you want to use
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