Post #741889 by muskrat on Mon, Apr 27, 2015 5:55 PM

i received some of these as well from vamp and she asked me how i ran them when i used them at an industry party for captain morgans that i helped to decorate.
first thing you need to do is cover the solar panel and sensor. depending on how dark your bar is you may not need to cover the panel but just the sensor (small circle in the corner above the panel), i used gaff tape but any opaque tape will do. the batteries that come with the units are pretty decent but you'll need a way to get them charged. pickup an AA battery charger. if you can get a multiple unit it will make charging go much quicker. the one i got will do 8 batteries at a time and take about an hour to charge which means i can have all the batteries for a dozen lights done in about an 3- 3 1/2 hours.
you can get other batteries but they need to be 1.2v as opposed to 1.5v which is what most AA batteries are.
now here's the rub...you will have to manually turn these lights on and off which involves taking the tops off where the batteries are located. there's a small on off switch and since we overode the sensor and solar panel we hafta do it manually.
if you don't use them for long periods of time you can probably get 3-4 nights out of a charge or you can just cover the sensor and leave the solar panel exposed and take the lights out doors after each use and let them run every evening inside without the need of using the battery charger or the on off switch.
i'm working on wiring them to run off a plug with external on/off switch and i'll let you know how that goes.
hope this helps.
-muskrat-