{"id":1445,"date":"2011-01-31T06:26:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T17:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backyardcity.wordpress.com\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2012-07-07T22:44:36","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T22:44:36","slug":"smart-solution-burn-the-midnight-oil-with-a-solar-shed-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/smart-solution-burn-the-midnight-oil-with-a-solar-shed-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Solution: Burn the Midnight Oil with a Solar Shed Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problem:<\/strong>\u00a0You regularly work on projects in your storage shed, garden shed<\/a>, or greenhouse<\/a>, but once the sunlight begins to fade, you are forced to abandon your work until the next day.\u00a0 Interrupting a productive work cycle can be immensely frustrating.\u00a0 What if the train of thought you were riding the previous day doesn’t come chugging back into the station?\u00a0 Many projects ultimately\u00a0go unfinished for this very reason.<\/p>\n

Solution #1:<\/strong> Hire an electrician to run an electrical line from your house to the storage shed.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this means tearing up part of your yard in order to accommodate the wiring.\u00a0 Oh, and another thing…electricians don’t come cheap.<\/p>\n

Solution #2:<\/strong>\u00a0Attach an LED solar shed light<\/a> to your storage shed, garden shed, or greenhouse, and get back to work.\"Solar\u00a0 Solar lights require no special wiring since they get their power from the sun, and there are no set up costs or operating costs beyond the initial purchase of the light.\u00a0 Simply mount the accompanying solar panel to the sunniest side of your storage shed, and it will soak up the sun’s rays during the day.\u00a0 The solar shed light then uses that stored energy to\u00a0properly illuminate your task inside the storage shed until you are ready to pack it in for the day.<\/p>\n

Thanks to smart solutions like the solar shed light, you can be the one who decides when work is finished instead\u00a0of living at the mercy of the setting sun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Problem:\u00a0You regularly work on projects in your storage shed, garden shed, or greenhouse, but once the sunlight begins to fade, you are forced to abandon your work until the next day.\u00a0 Interrupting a productive work cycle can be immensely frustrating.\u00a0 What if the train of thought you were riding the previous day doesn’t come chugging back into the station?\u00a0 Many projects ultimately\u00a0go unfinished for this … Continue reading Smart Solution: Burn the Midnight Oil with a Solar Shed Light<\/span> »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,12,15],"tags":[194,222,497,512],"class_list":["post-1445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmentally-friendly-ideas","category-innovative-solutions","category-outdoor-lighting-ideas","tag-garden-sheds","tag-greenhouses","tag-solar-shed-light","tag-storage-sheds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Nnyf-nj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101,"url":"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/is-your-outdoor-storage-helping-or-hurting\/","url_meta":{"origin":1445,"position":0},"title":"Is YOUR Outdoor Storage Helping or Hurting?","author":"Trey Collier","date":"November 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Imagine the possibilities that an Outdoor Storage Shed or Garden Shed Kit can provide\u2026 easy access to your gardening and yard gear; 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