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Christ · 07-07-2009, 04:00 AM

Nope, nope, and nope.

Well, OK... some miniscule amount... but those solar panels on the lights are extremely low-output, because they're only powering ~2watt LEDs. So you could recover (on a good, sunny day) about 2 watts... which is *2 watts = 0.00268204418 HP*.

3/1000 of 1 HP isn't going to make a huge difference.

It's a nice idea, but it's going to take a much larger scale to actually see gains from it.

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Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	Nope, nope, and nope. Well, OK... some miniscule amount... but those solar panels on the lights are extremely low-output, because they're only powering ~2watt LEDs. So you could recover (on a good, sunny day) about 2 watts... which is 2 watts = 0.00268204418 HP. 3/1000 of 1 HP isn't going to make a huge difference. It's a nice idea, but it's going to take a much larger scale to actually see gains from it. Welcome to EM! __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"