Life Hack, Fixing Cloudy Solar Light Panels
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- čas přidán 15. 07. 2024
- Spring Time! Life Hack.
Solar Lights are great when they are new, over time the solar panel clouds over. Then their performance degrades. I found a easy and simple solution to fix cloudy solar path lights or any other solar powered device. Follow RollingTardis on Rumble rumble.com/user/RollingTardis - Jak na to + styl
Thank you!!!
You're welcome.
I have this exact problem with a few of the older lights in my yard. And now I have a solution, thank you.
Nice, You'll get a few more years out of them. Thanks for watching!
Great video, i love that you can learn pretty much anything on youtube
Glad to hear that!
I had a new solar light that I went ahead and sprayed. I am gonna start using this all the time.
You have all ready extended the life of the light, well beyond the MFG. life expectancy.
I have several solar lights that need this hack. Will give this a try!
Set mine up for the Spring, they look as good 8 months later, as the day, I sprayed them.
Cleaning is essential to get the dirt and grit off, cause spraying without cleaning you just cement the debris to the solar panel
True, thats why, I said, Pretend, I have done that, just to keep the video moving along. Besides it is a common sense, type task.
Even if you didn't it's still more electrical generation than left cloudy
Very True!@@why6212
Scrubbing it with a magic erase pad will make it look almost clear when wet, I scrubbed mine with a magic eraser and am wondering if I should try this
Or maybe I should get that stuff that is supposed to clear up cloudy headlights.
I also thought about using mineral oil or bees wax furniture polish and maybe clear nail vatlenish
Decent! I might just do that this year, and in fact, if I recall, I have a can of that on hand.
Just like magic, and it holds up well.
Found this on Rustoleum site. What do you think? Good Video. Thanks
Q:Can this be used on the solar panel of a solar post cap to waterproof it and protect from UV damage??
by Nov 18, 2023
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A: Thank you for reaching out, Phil. While Rust-Oleum Painter's Touch 2X Ultra Cover Clear Coat provides a weather resistant clear coating to metal or plastic surfaces, we do not recommend applying directly to the solar panel. This can hinder the performance of both the clear coat and the solar panel. -Rust-Oleum Product Support 14
Well, if the solar post cap looked like the top of the solar light in the video. it will work. However, I would try to sand down the oxidation, with some very fine sandpaper, then seal with the spray.
I wonder would this work on headlights?🤔
It would not, since headlight plastic is polycarbonate, just like the clear part of the solar light, now yellow and cloudy. Yard lights have an epoxy type coating to protect the solar panel. There are DIY headlight restoration kits, available at automotive stores.
Yes it would.
It does. However make sure you clean them well first and tape them off and watch for overspray. I know for a fact that it helped, BIG TIME, on my 2000 Nissan Altima back in the day! 😊
The problem is Clear Coat is like $7 . The Chinese $ store sells lights like this for $2. So three new lights instead. Unless you have like more thN 4 lights than Clear Coat
Seven dollars will keep higher end lights going for many years.
Great tip but far too much intro talking, sorry 😞
Noted!
Thanks, but dude.... why talk so much?
Beg My Pard!
@@cameronemamdjomeh4091 Not much can be done about that. It is thin plastic. So that yellow and cloud is through and through.
His video... His rules.
Just replace them they are cheap
Many people who consider an eight dollar solar light, not cheap, The same people, are also going to try to get as much life out of them ,
I have provided a way to extend the performance, out of a perfectly working item.
@@RollingTardis I'm in Pennsylvania I never paid $ for a solar light. In fact I just bought 2 6 packs of beautiful solar light's. Each pack of 6 was $9.59
@@chrismcpherson1586 let me know, how many years they last.
Great idea but you take too long on this one
Typical, Slimeball, CZcams Viewer, with no attention span. I bet, if I were to make a 15 second YT short, on the same subject, it would be too long.
@@RollingTardisthe video absolutely was not too long, good for standing up for yourself, this dude is a slime ball, you just saved me 2 hours of work
The attention span of a select group of people is just terrible. But the vast wasteland of social media platforms, is the biggest culprit.@@bobert878
@@RollingTardis Sending it on to the fam that needs to fix things- thank you.
3 min of talking... oh man
🙄 Next time skip ahead, like most others do.
I tried to get details out of this video but I fell asleep 🥱😴😴😴
Good night. Sandman enter sleep realm. 😈