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SOLAR GARDEN LIGHT
This garden light uses solar energy and a built-in battery to illuminate your sidewalk, garden pathway or front
door at night – fully automatic, no external electricity needed. The built-in solar panel charges the battery during
daytime, which powers the white LED. The light emitting part has a life span of approximately 100.000 hours, and
requires no maintenance. The built-in battery can be replaced if it becomes worn out.
INSTALLATION
Turning the switch to ON position you can switch the lamp on. If you are not planning to use the device for an
extended period of time (e.g. during wintertime), remove the battery and the cover, store them at a temperature
below freezing after properly cleaning them.
Insert the tip into the ground and insert the holder rod on it together with the lamp head. Do not strike it to ground
with a hammer, as this may cause injury and the deformed part may make it difficult to assemble. Carefully
assemble by hand; do not use a hammer, pliers or other tools that can easily break parts. The elements must
be pressed together until they stop. Finally, check for stable assembly and fastening. The lamp then operates
automatically: the battery charges during the daytime, lights up by the evening dusk and lights continuously.
The duration of this depends on for how long and how intense light was it previously exposed to. Its operation –
before its installation– can be checked by fully covering the upper part of the solar panel. Note that the lamp is
designed to work in the dark. In a bright environment, it only lights faintly, or does not light at all.
PLACEMENT
In order for the battery to be charged as much as possible (so that it can power the LED for a long time during the
night) you need to place the garden torch in sunlit place out of any shadow. The longer the solar panel is exposed
to direct sunlight, the longer the lamp will work at night. Following a fully sunny day, this will be approximately 8
hours – although the battery is not fully charged even at the end of such days.
BATTERY REPLACEMENT
If the lamp remains on for a significantly shorter time following an equally long sunlit period, you need to replace
the battery. The recommended type is a 100-300 mAh, size AA Ni-Mh accumulator. Carefully unscrew the inner
cover of the lamp head counterclockwise. Be careful not to damage the wires. Replace the battery in the battery
compartment – taking care of correct polarity (matching the negative terminal to the spring contact) – replace it
again. Note:
If it is possible, you can extend the battery’s lifetime by using an external charger to fully discharge
and charge it once a month, three times in a row. Follow this procedure before you put the light away for winter,
and before you insert a new battery.
WARNINGS
Fragile!
The damaged, broken glass may cause cutting injury.
• Using a battery with a larger capacity will not extend the lamp’s working period at night.
• When the temperature is around freezing point, the cold battery will not yield enough voltage to light up the lamp
correctly.
• It is recommended to remove and clean the battery before the winter, and store it in a place above freezing
temperature.
• Clean the cover – especially the solar panel - taking care of not scratching it with rough cleaning agents.
• Do not press hard on the luminaire when assembling and placing it.
• Battery replacement can only be done by adults.
• Take care of correct polarity during battery replacement.
• Do not mix batteries of different types and/or charging states.
• It is forbidden to open up batteries, throwing them to fire or short circuit them.
• Non-rechargeable batteries must not be charged. Risk of explosion!
DISPOSAL
Waste equipment must be collected and disposed separately from household waste because it may conta-
in components hazardous to the environment or health. Used or waste equipment may be dropped off free
of charge at the point of sale, or at any distributor which sells equipment of identical nature and function.