Test Blog: Solar Lights~DIY Quick Fix

Hallelujah! We FINALLY have some Spring weather going on here!
Highs in the 70's, sunshine! Birds singing, squirrels being squirrely!
I.AM.LOVING.IT!

I have spent as much time outside as I can. Saturday night we sat out on the back patio enjoying the cool, not cold, evening.

Sitting there I remembered I needed to put out my solar lights into the garden.
I like the warm glow they send out and I have missed them.

But, of course, once I dug them out of my shed, they didn't work.
Now these are not expensive lights but, I didn't want to go buy all new either.
Luckily, I know how to fix them right up! And, I am going to share my tip with you! Cuz, well, we're friends and all and that's what friends do, right?

A how-to on fixing your solar path lights

Take your light and check it out closely as some are different.

By the bulb you should see some small screws. I grabbed my Mr. B's small Phillips head screwdriver and took all three of them out.

SLOWLY pull the two pieces apart. Looky there! A single AA battery! Yep, that is what gets charged by the sun during the day so that it glows at night!

Check out our battery organizer. This is the very first Pin I ever copied. We found it at Big Lots for $3.00.

It has four compartments perfect for all of the different batteries we use. Pretty nifty eh?

Simply replace the old battery with a new one, put your screws back in and,

let there be light!! (*edited. I have been hearing from you that if you use regular batteries, they will explode. YMMV but, I have never had one explode in all of the years I have been doing this. Also, you probably should use batteries designed for solar recharging. But, I have opened many of these to replace the battery and the manufacture of the light had put in regular everyday, cheapo batteries. I accept no responsibility for any harm to you or to your lights. I am just informing you of what works for me)

Now, if you have a different type of light, say like this one from WalMart,

with the globe on top, it gets even easier to replace the battery.

Simply pull the stake out and you will see this on the globe end

One single screw. Leave the three screws by the bulb alone.

And there is your battery. Change it out, put the screw back in and you are done! Now, you know I am always honest with you.

Two of my lights didn't make the cut. They had gotten corroded inside the battery chamber. But, I am okay with that because, I have had these lights for 4-5 years now. I can either chose to replace them or, admit I had too many in the garden anyway LOL! Now that you know the secret, are you ready to shine some light on your garden or pathways this season?