one thing a lot of us have a need for is some kind of off-grid lighting solution
specifically some kind of floodlight or area light or maybe you're using it as
security light on your property oftentimes we need these lights in an
area that we can't necessarily get power to or don't already have power run to
whether it be a storage shed kids playground off-grid cabins something
like that and the solution to our problem is a solar powered light now as
you can see we're on the gun range today and I do teach classes out here so
during the winter months a lot of times we find ourselves getting close to the
end of the day I starts to get a little dark out here and we need to be able to
light up this area on the range so we can finish shooting or if you just get
off work and you want to come out and do some shooting during those winter months
it's hard to do because it's going to get dark around 5:30 and you just don't
have time to do it so this is going to be our solution today we're looking at
these deelat solar powered area lights as you can see it has a nice big solar
panel on top that's going to capture the power of the Sun it does have its own
internal battery to store that power it takes about nine hours of sunlight to
get a full charge on this thing but once it is charged it's gonna be good for
three nights just on one charge so you should never have a problem running out
of power on this thing it does have thirty high powered LEDs on the bottom
there those are going to give out a thousand lumens of light and I have
tested this out it lights up a pretty good area about a 60 foot diameter area
is what it lights up now it's not a super intense bright light it is kind of
a softer light which isn't bad but it is a thousand lumens so it puts
out more than enough light that we need I'm actually going to put up two we're
going to do one on either side of the range here to make sure we have plenty
of light to do what we need to do also you can see it has a 360 degree PIR
motion sensor so this light can motion-activated It
has several different
settings different brightness levels as well as coming on as a dusk to dawn
light so it will come on at nighttime and then go off in the morning when the
Sun comes up that's not necessary for my purposes I really just need the on/off
function which it can do that and it can be operated by this really convenient
remote control has several different settings different brightness settings
as well as the on/off and different memory modes that you can set like I
said I'm not only need for this light is the on/off and we're gonna have it at
100% power this light is very well constructed it's IP65 rated so on
that's not only water-resistant this is water and storm proof so it should hold
up in pretty much any weather including hail rain storms thunderstorms wind
storms anything like that it also has a very nice mounting solution as you can
see it's adjustable for can't as well as it comes with these to mount to some
type of metal pole or fence post you can also take these off and to mount it on a
flat surface like the side of a building or a wall we're going to be using four
by four posts the recommended height to get the most out of your light is right
at 11 and a half 12 feet so we're going to be mounting these at 12 feet facing
in on the range we're gonna mount it out here at the 10 yard line so it's gonna
light up all the way to the berm and another 30 feet in the opposite
direction so we should have plenty of light out here on our pistol range I
will put a link to this light in the description below this light is very
affordable like I said I did pick up two of them and they're right at a hundred
and eight dollars a piece on the deal at website I also put some links to some
other solar light solutions if you have other needs you might could find
something there that you need we've already started digging the holes for
the post we're gonna go ahead and get those posts mounted get these lights
mounted up today and I'll roll in some footage of what it looks like at night
so stick around guys and watch that I appreciate ya'll watching and hopefully
this is a solution that you can use as well
alright guys now I know the video camera is not going to do this justice it's
actually a lot brighter than it looks in person but here we go
and the Lord said let there be light and there was light and it definitely looks
a lot brighter in person but it does light up all the way to the berm I know
you can't really see that well in the camera but it also goes a pretty good
distance to the other direction not bad we also installed these waterproof cases
on the side those are actually waterproof phone cases you can get from
the camping section at Walmart but it's perfect for holding the remote and
keeping it out here and keeping it so it doesn't get wet
these lights are awesome and it's exactly what we needed
alright that's it thanks for watching guys make sure y'all check out the links
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next time