Miss Betsy's Rechargable Solar Nightlight II

It was so much fun building my first rechargeable solar light and besides I had 3 more no more working garden lights at my hand that I had to do something with them.
One might argue that I just changed the design but something else might be of interest for you and that is the arrangement of the LED's

Step 1: Tools and Materials

Tools and Materials:
An old solar garden light
Copper pipes and fittings (of course)
Foam board
Box cutter
Hacksaw
Pipe cutter
Soldering iron and electronic solder
Hot glue and/or 5 minute epoxy
Ruler, tape measure, compass and caliper
Scissors
Pliers
Drill press + drill bits
Emerald paper
Wire #24

For details on the donor, wiring and schematics, please see Miss Betsy's Rechargeable Solar Nightlight!

Comments

[Winged Fist]

Yet another ingenious design! Inspired by your first solar nightlight, I recently scavenged two of these lights from my parents backyard, (they weren't doing much there anyway;-), and plan to try and make a similar lamp.



I have a question for you: My solar charging lights have an on/off switch. Do you know if the solar cell will store a charge for any length of time when switched off?

[MissBetsy]

Thank you for your kind comment!
Don't get me wrong but are you using the right terms? The solar cell is the part that converts photons into electricity which is stored in a rechargeable battery. And this battery will hold a charge usually quite long which is at least several weeks but usually even longer. OK?
We would love to see your project!