Uploaded January 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Testing out a Home Depot "Malibu" Pro-LED and a Lowe's "Allen+Roth" LED path light in my side yard.
Normally, these fixtures would powered by a 12 volt transformer-timer like any other low voltage or "Malibu" landscape lights but I'm operating them with a solar-charged 12 volt gel battery through a Morningstar SunLight controller. The fixtures draw very little current (the Pro-LED uses 1.3 watts and the Allen+Roth uses about 2 watts) but they put out as much light as a 7 watt wedge base bulb. A lot brighter than the typical solar garden light which usually give out a very faint, blue glow.
Testing out a Home Depot "Malibu" Pro-LED and a Lowe's "Allen+Roth" LED path light in my side yard.
Normally, these fixtures would powered by a 12 volt transformer-timer like any other low voltage or "Malibu" landscape lights but I'm operating them with a solar-charged 12 volt gel battery through a Morningstar SunLight controller. The fixtures draw very little current (the Pro-LED uses 1.3 watts and the Allen+Roth uses about 2 watts) but they put out as much light as a 7 watt wedge base bulb. A lot brighter than the typical solar garden light which usually give out a very faint, blue glow.
