True story.
A lady comes into the store with a complaint. She forces me to sit and listen to her tell much of her life's story for over an hour. When finally I get to ask her, she brings the story to her solar powered driveway gate. She ordered it from us, but someone else installed it . . . another 1/2 hour. Then the problem, it quit working and so she has to park her car on the street.
I promise her I'll drop by her place after work and see what's up.
I do. It has been raining for two weeks without a moment of sunshine and her solar rechargeable batteries are dead. I tell her to wait until after we've had a few days of sunshine and then let us know if it is still not working.
Never heard from her again.
Great idea, Doc.
Additionally, use the batteries from the solar lights to power your AA flashlights, or cameras, etc. They are recharged for you by the sun simply by placing extra light caps outside and rotating the charged/discharged batteries into them. The lights sell for $3 or so and will charge 2 batteries at once. Every light comes with 2 batteries and you can not by rechargeable batteries for that price otherwise. They are usually Ni-Cads, but your flashlight won't care.