Autonomous lighting of the garage - 7 simple ideas

Installation of solar panels

Anyway, the most effective way is to install solar panels, thanks to whichnot only to make autonomous lighting in the garage, but also independent power supply of the entire site. Yes, this is a costly option and certainly without the help of specialists in the editing can not do. However, once spent, you not only can turn on the light when you turn off the electricity, but also save energy bills considerably.

On how to install solar panels with our own hands, we told. If the budget allows, seriously think about this option.

Self-made wind generator

An alternative option for self-contained electricity supply to the garage and cottages as a whole is to install a windmill, which can also generate free electricity. You can buy a ready-made device, but it will cost quite a lot. For a 2-kilowatt model will have to give about 100 thousand rubles. That's why we suggest you make a wind generator with your own hands, thanks to which you can use the light in a garage without electricity.

The only thing to consider is the wind speed. If there are no strong gusts of wind in your region or the location of the site, it is unlikely to get free electricity.

Diesel or gasoline generator

You can also make light in the garage without electricity, if you use a gasoline generator. In this case, as in the variant with solar batteries, it is possible to completely provide the site with electricity by connecting the generator to the power grid. Use this idea is rational only if the light is turned off for a short period of time, and if you use a power tool in the garage.

Otherwise, 1 kW of electricity from a gasoline generator will cost you quite expensive, so it's unlikely to be profitable to use it constantly. About how to connect the generator to the network, we told in the relevant article.

Using the battery

Is there an extra 12 volt car battery in the garage? So why not make off-line garage lighting using it? Everything is simple enough: you get a 12-volt LED strip( it's more practical than anything else), you install it above the work area and along the room, and then connect it to the battery. The light from the LED tape is of good quality, besides, if you reasonably approach the choice of the length of the tape, the battery will not discharge too quickly. To see how such a backlight looks in reality, you can see on the video below:

battery The author of the video below just upgraded the fluorescent lamp by placing the LED ribbon in it. In the photo it looks like this:

You can see the result in more detail on the video:

LED lamps with battery

On the Internet, you can now find many offers for the sale of LED lamps on batteries. Inside 5-12 watt bulbs a battery is installed, which is capable of supporting autonomous lighting for 6-12 hours.

This lamp is easy to use: it is screwed into the standard E27 cartridge, it is charged from the mains for 24 hours, after which it can provide lighting in the garage without electricity. The cost is about 600 rubles, so you can buy 2 light bulbs and forget about problems with power outages.

Garden Solar Lights

A similar idea is to purchase garden lights on solar panels, place them under the open sky in the territory, and in the evening, if they turn off the light, bring them into the garage. Such lighting is enough for 5-6 hours, if they are high-quality.

The only drawback is that over time, the brightness of the lighting will fall, in fact, as well as the time of autonomous lighting. However, many people use this idea, therefore there are grounds for its existence.

Philippine Lanterns

Well, the last way that allows you to make free light in the garage during the daytime is the use of Filipino lanterns, which work on the principle of refraction of light. Make a Filipino lantern with your own hands is easy enough - a piece of the bottle is cut out( although you can use it also whole), it is fixed to a hard base and mounted in the roof. If the roof is made of corrugated board, you can simply cut a suitable hole in the sheet into which a water bottle is installed, as shown in the photo below:

To prevent rain from getting inside the garage, the joints between the roofing material and the bottle should be well sealed. This idea is suitable for residents of regions in which the sunny weather prevails. Otherwise, the light will be dim and nothing will come out. If you do it right, the result will be something like this:

Here we have listed all the popular ways how to make light in a garage without electricity. Our opinion - if you really only need autonomous lighting, and not complete power supply, it is better to purchase LED lamps on the battery or make a windmill with your own hands. All other technologies are either too expensive or not effective enough.

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