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Posted by Jmagerl on June 27, 2005, 11:15 am
I always get battery contact failure and end up soldering my batteries in.
> Oh the irony of it all. Last year I bought 12 model 577-674 copper solar
> powered lanterns; accent lights from the local Home Despot. Over the last
> 3 weeks, all but two of them have "failed". I use the term failed in
> quotes, because they still work in a rare situation. It's more like a
> serious design flaw at this point.
>
> The main symptom was that they stopped coming on at night. At first, I
> thought it was the batteries. After swapping batteries out with one that
> worked, the lights still dodn't come on. At that point, I figured the
> lights or the wiring were toast, so I brought them in.
>
> Two days later, they all worked in the dark again; inside.
> So I put them back outside. That night, they refused to turn on, even if I
> brought them back in.
>
> So, all I can surmise is that the control board is simple overheating in
> the summer sun and they refuse to work; yet they work just fine in cooler
> surroundings. Seems like a stupid flaw for a solar powere lamp. I'll also
> prosume it's a flaw since we're talking 10 of 12. The two that work are
> the ones closer to the shade.
>
> Anyone else seen this problem with these sorts of accept lights?
>
> -=Chris
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