Remember that solar light that we calculated we would have
to use as a night light for 10 years in order to break even? I think it’s now 15 years! During the winter, it doesn’t get quite
enough light, so we’ve had to leave it out for two days in a row. (No, my time is apparently not that
valuable!)
Anyway, now that it is bitterly cold, I’ve kept it
inside. I just hated going out and
fetching it. I discovered via a little
on-line research that solar cells can be charged from regular artificial light. It isn’t efficient at all, but it is better than
nothing. So between leaving the solar
light out on the table in the sunny dining room and having it continue to
charge from the regular lights (which would be on anyway—we aren’t leaving them
on just to charge it), we’re still able to use it every other night.
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