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Can I use regular AA batteries on a solar walkway light instead of rechargeable ones?
what the title says...solar walkway lights are the solar powered lamp/lights people put on their sidewalk and they turn on at night to guide you, it's LED powered.
It comes with a rechargeable battery and it says to use rechargeable batteries ONLY. There was a problem, it won't turn on so I changed batteries to a regular AA one (duracell) and it worked perfectly! I put the same rechargeable one back in and it did not work. Can I use a regular AA one? will that mess up the solar? thanks in advance
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- ?Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
I do it all the time. they won't recharge and the light will be a little brighter but that's it. I have four large outdoor globes with lights inside and for some reason the solar panel won't work so I just use good ol' regular batteries. They last about two and a half weeks.
- roderick_youngLv 71 decade ago
You're right in that regular alkaline batteries will light the LED.
A solar walkway light has so little power in its charger, I doubt the battery would explode. The worst that would happen is it would leak, and that would be messy. The charger won't be hurt, unless the battery leaks onto it.
But I echo the others - the batteries won't recharge, making this kind of pointless. You can get AA rechargable batteries on the internet that are specifically made for solar - high temperature NiCd - or can use ordinary department-store NiMH cells. But the walkway light may not charge a NiMH very well, as that kind of battery needs a more sophisticated kind of charger.
- 6 years ago
I bought a solar light and took it out of the box and put the battery on "on" and it lit up. My questions: If I turn the battery "off" does this mean it will charge through the solar and then just start shining at dark? Or does the battery need to be set to "on" all the time. If so, as "Baby Girl" mentioned, what's energy saving about this??? How do I set the on/off switch to use solar power?
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- Anonymous5 years ago
Is it ok to use a rechargeable battery or do have to buy the solar rechargeable battery?
- flossieLv 61 decade ago
An emphatic NO!
You'll in effect be trying to recharge non rechargeable batteries, at best you'll burn out the charging system of your solar light, at worst the non rechargeable battery will literally explode with potentially extremely dangerous results.
It works with your regular AA one because the rechargeable one is flat, obtain a new battery.
Remember, these Rechargeable batteries can only be charged so many times, typically 1,000 I think, so if your light is anything like 3 years old it's worn out.
Hope this helps, but please NEVER attempt tp recharge a non rechargeable battery!
- saaanenLv 71 decade ago
Yes, but when the battery goes dead the light won't come back on. Plus, replacing the batteries will get expensive.
- 5 years ago
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