Mail Box Light

This document describes a rapid implementation of an idea that arose from a need.
The idea has room for growth and improvement; and it is by no means complete as presented.

Reaching inside your dark mail box at night can be quite an experience, since you dont know what creepy crawling creature is lurking inside with all your letters. After having a few unpleasant surprises I knew that I had to shine some light on the matter.
I remembered I had a spare solar accent light in my garage that had the potential of resolving my problem.

Step 1 List of Items

*-Solar Accent Light with dawn to dusk light sensitive sensor (any type or model).
*-Rechargeable battery for solar light.
*-Magnetic switch or any other type of momentary mechanical switch.
*-A few inches of low resistance speaker or telephone wire to extend the length of the LEDs wires. The amount of wire depends on the dimensions of your mail box and the way you are going to route your wires. Fig. 1
*-Mail Box cover or lid (any type).

Comments

[jeff-o]

Have you got any pictures of the illuminated mail box?

[wvh1]

I will take some pictures to update the indestructable. Thanks

[jeff-o]

Cool, thanks. :)