I have a really cool setup in my backyard. I know a guy that is now retired that used to work for a company that used solar panels. When they got new ones they threw the old ones away. He sneaked me a few. So I put them up facing south and wired them all to a deep cycle battery. I have a 750 watt inverter hooked to the battery and I have a couple of strings of LED's plug into the inverter.

I have light sensative switch that turns them on at dusk and off at dawn. They work great unless I have a couple of cloudy days. I have the lights strung around my patio. They work real well.....................

thats a great idea. free security. if you get a chance could you post a picture of your setup. we are thinking about doing the same thing for our condo back porch which has no lighting or electricity to it.

Paul, I'll try to take some pics this week. Norm shoulda got more of those panels before he retired so we could charge some bicycle batteries with them...............