this seems far more doable, they will likely require some rtv on the 4 edges, but rather than going to all that trouble, i'd much rather raid dollar
general and buy about $50 worth of the $1 stake lights and salvage them leads and all! but, i've been there and done that with any old stores $20 6 packs
of slightly larger ones and made several 4x6 photo frame jobs, a few years
ago. even salvaged older jobs and got 18 volts off the old ones and abt 20-22 off the new ones.

for far less trouble, i opted to get the $130, 17.5 volt x 1 amp panels! but there is a even more cost effective way, by getting like abt 220 watt and
half again sized panels. that does beat my 1x3 ft 1 amp jobs, but much harder to obtain locally, on the as-i-can basis. and local folks benefit, out of my way.

and i already have a crapload of AA NiCd batteries! the dollar general ones
now have, are AAA, if you need them, that is what you will find, along with a smaller solar cell, by about 3/8" square smaller, i don't know abt you, but i use more AA's! smaller battery, the less current needed, so down goes the surface area! good example, most AA NiCd's run abt 900mA/hr capacity, now AAA runs abt 90 to 120mA/hr, and your avg led pulls abt 20 mA, so that's an easy figure for hours lit!

they also poop out far much faster, so don't be out as late, on the 5 hr
winter daylight days, or no lit walkways! i'm already noticing this now, in oct!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17SsOKEN5dE

robert

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