Solar Mate 1 - solar powered lighting kit

Solar Mate 1 is a solar powered lighting kit in a box! If you need mains quality lighting in a location where there is no mains power, such as your workshop, shed, summer house, garden office, garage, or stables, Solar Mate is the answer.

In the box is a solar panel, a low energy bulb and all the fixings you'll need to to light 16m sq. for between 5 and 7 hours every day (even in Britain). Just add a storage battery.

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Price: £79.99 incl. VAT

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The Solar Mate solar powered lighting kits address the problem of illuminating areas where there's no mains power, and can be easily and safely installed by anyone (and is also exempt from Part P of the Building regulations).

Using purely the energy of the sun, Solar Mate’s solar panel will collect enough energy during the course of a day (even in Britain) to power its bulb for between 5 and 7 hours every day of the year (5 hours in the winter – 7 hours for the rest for the year).

Solar Mate has a 10 year warranty so will easily pay back its investment many times.

The Solar Mate I kit is suitable for smaller buildings such as the average garden shed or summer house, and will illuminate a 16square meter area.

Technical Description:

Supplied with a 5watt crystalline solar panel, roof / wall fixing kit, 12volt energy saving bulb, ceiling / wall bulb holder, wall switch, 5m cable, connectors, fuses and detailed instructions

Takes around 1 ½ hours to install

No special tools needed

NB A battery is required and is not supplied
(a 75 or 85 Ah car / caravan battery is recommended available from most motoring / caravanning shops)

The kit has a 10 year warranty excluding the bulb

The bulb is a 40 watt equivalent and has a 3,000 hour life cycle

The solar panel has a 35 year life expectancy

Size: 315x215x25mm
Weight: 1.6kgs

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