{"id":3890,"date":"2026-06-29T05:17:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/?p=3890"},"modified":"2026-06-30T05:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:23:39","slug":"solar-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/29\/solar-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I found a box of wall-mount solar lights, seven out of eight were still new in the box, one missing somewhere.  These were from the farm and way back when&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I decided to hang a few on the fence and try them out.  While a test covering the tiny solar panel they did light up, when I hung them on the fence the next morning (pre dawn) only one was lit up.  What the hell?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I changed out all of the batteries and the next morning they all worked!  Awesome!  I guess I will put new batteries in the next two, hang them and I will have one odd-ball to find another place for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The look cool, and I am sure they will at least last through the summer &#8211; you know how long these &#8220;Inexpensive&#8221; things last &#8211; not as long as you think they should for sure!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">trying to bring this yard back to life, the grass has really taken a dive, I think part of it is due to the dry winter and the water-restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you can see, today is my watering day!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 180 \u2014 Keep going<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019re closer than you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Johnstown Technology Partners<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/johnstowntechnology.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/johnstowntechnology.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Colorado&#8217;s Premier Computer Repair Experts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast, honest, and reliable IT solutions for Johnstown and beyond. 30+ years of expertise in computer repair and data recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found a box of wall-mount solar lights, seven out of eight were still new in the box, one missing somewhere. These were from the farm and way back when&#8230; I decided to hang a few on the fence and try them out. While a test covering the tiny solar panel they did light up, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3893,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3890\/revisions\/3893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}