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Solar Gutter Lights
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I installed a row of 5 solar gutter lights on the side of our house where the garbage containers are to provide some light when we have to take out any trash at night. These work pretty well for what they cost. Each light has 3 of those jumbo size white LED's and is powered by one AA rechargeable battery. I also installed 4 of these near the screen door at the back of the house to provide some light for when we take our dog outside at night. On the other side of the house, I installed two black solar gutter lights that for the most part look identical to these, however are powered by two AA rechargeable batteries.
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How securely do these mount to the gutter? I feel like in your area you probably get a lot of wind during hurricane season. We do too. It's very windy today, but very comfortable at 70 degrees. We've had temperatures in the mid-upper 80s all summer so it a refreshing change.
Anyway, the reason for all the questions is because I'd love to go buy a bunch of these and install them on my house. Also, how far apart did you space these, how high off the ground are they, and how long have they been in service? I don't think I could reach the gutters on my house. The most we have is an 8ft ladder and my house is a raised ranch, so the gutters are a story-and-a-half up.
I couldn't find a lumen rating for them. The LED's are directional, so they cast a circular pattern on the ground.
I could try getting a picture of them tonight to show you how bright they are. If the picture quality is good I'll post it on here tonight.
We used to have a gutter on the front of the house only. After years of ruined mulch and flower beds from rainwater falling off the roof we finally had gutters installed on the whole house. Except over the garage where the roof is at an incline. I think that's called a pitch?
Just wondering a couple things:
How securely do they mount to the gutter? (we can get some pretty good winds here, and hailstorms too...if one were to get knocked loose there's no way it'd ever survive the fall )
How easy is it to both install and remove them (i really need to be able to easily remove them for the xmas season)
Is the clip plastic or metal?
They're easy to install. The mounting piece just hooks over the top of the gutter and a thumb screw holds it in place. I'll try posting a few closeup pics of the light and mounting piece in the next few days.
Glad to hear the mounting piece is metal. Guess I'll stick to the white version if I get some...
I see some even have a choice of warm or cool white.