Thread: Solar powered Pumpkin

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Yeah you heard it right. I'm looking for a way to take a foamkin and put a solar charging light activated flickering led candle inside. A sort of place and forget kind of thing, so that I can put them on the roof a few weeks ahead of time and not have to climb a ladder every day.

I have a rough idea but am really unsure. Just taking a solar - light activated light from one of those yard lights you can get from target, walmart, home depot, lowes and so on is harder then I thought without breaking things.

Any ideas?

I think you're on the right track with the solar powered landscape light. Purchase the landscape light first, and disassemble it. Next find some battery operated candles that use the same voltage, and splice the wires that would lead to the lightbulb on the landscape light to the wires that lead to the candle.

I would take apart the solar light, un-solder the LED, then solder in one of these:

http://www.goldmine-elec-products.co...?number=G17848

You also might have to relocate the solar cell to the outside of the pumpkin with longer wiring.