NO POWER ?? READ ON.............
I thought I would post this so that maybe it may help somebody one dark night.
With summer approaching and the storms it might bring, (in some areas
substitute CYCLONES / HURRICANES), I thought this could be a really
useful hint.
Cheers
Shorty
Last week, a storm rolled through our neighborhood and a huge silky-oak
tree came down on some power lines, creating a power outage for a large
area around us. We lost power for about 5 hours. We were scrambling
around in the darkness, looking for matches, candles, flashlights, etc.
Being somewhat used to this happening, we have torches scattered throughout the house during cyclone season.
But it's not that time of year............ yet.
Then we looked outside and noticed our solar lights shining brightly all around our patio, stairs, deck, etc.
They were beautiful.
Delia went outside and brought several of the solar lights into the
house. We stuck the solar light pipes into plastic drink bottles
containers and they made the nicest, brightest, safest, lighting you
could ever imagine. We put one in the bathroom, the kitchen, the living
room, etc. and there was plenty of light.
There are all types of solar lights available. We bought ours at Bunnings.
We put them all around our yard. They look nice and they do not attract flying bugs like the outdoor lights around our doorway.
The lights we have fit easily into the small (20 oz) water bottles and
they also fit into most of the larger litre bottles. If you need a
weight in the plastic bottle to keep them from tipping over, just put a
few of the pretty colorful "flat marbles" that are used in aquariums and
vases or you can also use sand, aquarium gravel or whatever you have
available.
The lights we have were perfect inside our home. They burn all night long, if you need them.
The next day, you just take your solar lights back outside and they will
instantly recharge and be ready for you to use again any time you need
them. They are perfect for power outages, etc.
Stay safe,
Shorty.
PS:: Now, I've got two empty fruit salad cans, after cleaning and drying them, I glued some foam rubber on the inside.
On the outside, I stuck some contact adhesive "pretty paper".
These two cans go over the lights which we take into our bedroom when there's a blackout.
When we have to get up for a call of nature
, we rip-off the can and Hey Presto, we have light. 
No more tripping over things in the dark, or flat batteries in the torches.
I thought I would post this so that maybe it may help somebody one dark night.
With summer approaching and the storms it might bring, (in some areas
substitute CYCLONES / HURRICANES), I thought this could be a really
useful hint.
Cheers
Shorty
Last week, a storm rolled through our neighborhood and a huge silky-oak
tree came down on some power lines, creating a power outage for a large
area around us. We lost power for about 5 hours. We were scrambling
around in the darkness, looking for matches, candles, flashlights, etc.
Being somewhat used to this happening, we have torches scattered throughout the house during cyclone season.
But it's not that time of year............ yet.
Then we looked outside and noticed our solar lights shining brightly all around our patio, stairs, deck, etc.
They were beautiful.
Delia went outside and brought several of the solar lights into the
house. We stuck the solar light pipes into plastic drink bottles
containers and they made the nicest, brightest, safest, lighting you
could ever imagine. We put one in the bathroom, the kitchen, the living
room, etc. and there was plenty of light.
There are all types of solar lights available. We bought ours at Bunnings.
We put them all around our yard. They look nice and they do not attract flying bugs like the outdoor lights around our doorway.
The lights we have fit easily into the small (20 oz) water bottles and
they also fit into most of the larger litre bottles. If you need a
weight in the plastic bottle to keep them from tipping over, just put a
few of the pretty colorful "flat marbles" that are used in aquariums and
vases or you can also use sand, aquarium gravel or whatever you have
available.
The lights we have were perfect inside our home. They burn all night long, if you need them.
The next day, you just take your solar lights back outside and they will
instantly recharge and be ready for you to use again any time you need
them. They are perfect for power outages, etc.
Stay safe,
Shorty.
PS:: Now, I've got two empty fruit salad cans, after cleaning and drying them, I glued some foam rubber on the inside.
On the outside, I stuck some contact adhesive "pretty paper".
These two cans go over the lights which we take into our bedroom when there's a blackout.
When we have to get up for a call of nature
, we rip-off the can and Hey Presto, we have light. No more tripping over things in the dark, or flat batteries in the torches.