Patent ID: 6120165
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21W,H05B,Y02B,Y10S

Abstract:
An outdoor solar lamp comprising:a rechargeable battery electrically connected to a solar panel;a lamp electrically connected to a lamp drive circuit;a passive infra-red motion detector, in which said lamp is supplied with power via said drive circuit when said motion detector is initiated, said lamp being a halogen lamp;one or more illuminating lamps that are not initiated by said motion detector;an automatic control circuit to supply power from said battery to said illuminating lamps during at least part of each night wherein one or more of said illuminating lamps are light emitting diodes; andtwo or more of said illuminating lamps are electrically connected in series, each said illuminating lamp having a parallel circuit through which current can automatically pass if any of said illuminating lamps fail and go open circuit.