When is a Garden Lamp not a Garden Lamp ?

This morning I took delivery of a Garden Lamp, one of many widely available on eBay, from Amazon and other sources. It attracted my interest because it had (1) a Solar Panel (2) a 3.7V Lithium Battery and (3) most importantly a Waterproof Housing. What else would you want to house the electronics for my Project. A quick inspection of the innards revealed that it certainly had potential and now I need to determine how best to use it. Having looked at its construction my intention is to remove the existing PCB and the LED light panel and replace them wiry the Solenoid Control PCB. the Sensor Movement Device would be removed (it's soldered into the PCB) as its function would no longer be necessary. An added bonus is that the hole left by the Sensor looks just about the right dimension I need for the watertight connector for the cable to the Solenoid. I'll insert some photos in the next log

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