Source for replacement yard solar lights?

[sekker]

I have about 20+ non-functional yard solar lights, and the main issue appears to be bad batteries.

They come in AAA or 2/3 AA.

Any recommendations on suppliers?

TIA!

[Racer X]

If they are AAA, are they soldered in, and NiCad or NiMH?

[cbelt3]

Pull one of the batteries and look at it. Older ones are NiCd. Some are AA, some are 1/2AA ( yeah, weird). I actually picked some up at Harbor Freight that worked OK for one of their spotlights.

[sekker]

Racer X wrote:
If they are AAA, are they soldered in, and NiCad or NiMH?

Not soldered in.

The AAA I pulled is a 1.2V NiCad. I just put an NIMH one in to test tomorrow.

[Racer X]

That's where I was going..... The NiCad was probably 600mAH too. That's why they only light for a few hours, even in the brightest days of summer.

[sekker]

Racer X wrote:
That's where I was going..... The NiCad was probably 600mAH too. That's why they only light for a few hours, even in the brightest days of summer.

Only 250maH!

[iaJim]

Walmart had some last year, and True Value hardware had some too.

[sekker]

Any reason I cannot just use inexpensive NiMH batteries?

[Paul F.]

sekker wrote:
Any reason I cannot just use inexpensive NiMH batteries?

No reason I can think of not to try replacing the NiCads in a couple of the dead or dying ones and find out!

[sekker]

Paul F. wrote:
[quote=sekker]
Any reason I cannot just use inexpensive NiMH batteries?

No reason I can think of not to try replacing the NiCads in a couple of the dead or dying ones and find out!
First one is done - will wait for some sunlight (tomorrow is soon enough).