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I'm thinking of buying some decking lights to go around the car port that I have in the back garden. kinda like this:
I don't want to run a cable out that far back so I'm think of using a car battery, and a solar panel as my power source. Obviously I'll conceal the battery and place the solar panel where it will be hidden but still useful... I also want to rig them up to a motion sensor so there only used when backing the car onto the drive/car port..kind of like a wee runway. The lights would be 12v so the car battery presumably would be ideal. The solar panel charger should adequately keep the battery charged, and as there on a timer they will only be on for around 5 to 10 minutes max...
I'm not that electrically minded, can anyone see a problem or have an easier way...without me running a long cable!!
BTW the car is not parked on wooden decking, Its a concrete drive, I will be putting a kind of frame of decking around the port where the lights will be fitted and the cabling concealed.
I don't want to run a cable out that far back so I'm think of using a car battery, and a solar panel as my power source. Obviously I'll conceal the battery and place the solar panel where it will be hidden but still useful... I also want to rig them up to a motion sensor so there only used when backing the car onto the drive/car port..kind of like a wee runway. The lights would be 12v so the car battery presumably would be ideal. The solar panel charger should adequately keep the battery charged, and as there on a timer they will only be on for around 5 to 10 minutes max...
I'm not that electrically minded, can anyone see a problem or have an easier way...without me running a long cable!!
BTW the car is not parked on wooden decking, Its a concrete drive, I will be putting a kind of frame of decking around the port where the lights will be fitted and the cabling concealed.