Solar power unit for pillar lights.

yorlum11

I'm new to solar technology so looking for help.
I have 6 lights for the top of pillars and want to run them from a solar unit. Solar panel and some storage unit I suppose.
Anyone have knowledge about the best way to go about this and hopefully point me in the right direction?

quentingargan

Do you want the lights to only work intermittently? If you want lights for all the hours of darkness, you will need something way over-sized for summer, so you would have enough power in the winter. Also depends how critical it is. If you have to design for worst imaginable long spell of wretched weather, you would need large storage capacity.

How many watts are the lamps, and how long do they need to run each day in December / January?

yorlum11

I will have to check Wattage.
I suppose yeah I would need them to work for 3/4 hours on a winters evening and summer with longer days it will be easier to power.
I just need an adequate unit to run this if possible in Irish weather?