Rural Solar Lighting Kit 20W

Vysal's professional Rural Solar Lighting Kit 20W is ideal for illuminating the stable, yard, tack room, field shelter or lock-up store in livery situations. Plus ........ many other agricultural and equestrian applications in locations where mains quality lighting is required but no mains power supply exists.

It uniquely provides a proven year-round performance using 11W 12V CFL low-energy fluorescent lamps (equivalent to a 60W GLS lamp) housed in a robustly constructed, weatherproof bulkhead light fitting. NB the bulkhead fitting suplied may differ from that shown in the image below).

Imagine the luxury of all the light that you need when you have to feed, muck out and rug up every morning and evening during the cold, dark months of winter.

The 20W Kit with 1 x 11W CFL Lamp enables you to use your lighting for 100% longer than the 10W Kit with 1 x 11W CFL Lamp. Alternatively, you can choose a 20W Kit with 2 x 11W CFL Lamp and benefit from 2 x Bulkhead lights.

The Rural Solar Lighting Kit 20W comes with a pre-connected wiring harness so can easily and safely be installed by anyone in about 1 ½ hours " no special tools required " following the comprehensive fitting instructions provided. We fit the connectors, crocodile clips, fuses and all the connector terminals in our factory so that installation is very straightforward for you. Then, it is simply a question of preparing the cables and inserting the ends into the connector blocks.

Use nylon ties or metal brackets (not supplied) to fix the solar panel onto the selected mounting surface. A better (but more expensive) option is to purchase the Wall Mounting Bracket accessory for the10W solar panel (Fixed 36° and adjustable 45°) as standard. The Wall Bracket is shown below as an accessory. A pole mounting accessory is also available - see below.

If you move to another stables, you can take your Rural Solar Lighting Kit 20W with you as it isn’t permanently wired to a mains supply.


The Rural Solar Lighting Kit 20W is designed for safety and practicality. The lamp is enclosed in a tough, bulkhead luminaire to prevent any possibility of broken glass from the lamp if your horse rears up. The rugged light switch is designed to withstand the tough stable environment. Both luminaire and light switch are weatherproof to IP54 rating and can be used outside if required.

The length of time that you can use the light each day without running the battery flat depends upon the solar energy available. There is much less energy available in the winter when you most need the lighting. December has least solar radiation so is the critical month. Please refer to the table below to see how long you can use the light for each month (on average) without running the battery flat.

The Rural Solar Lighting Kit Basic 20W has a 10 year warranty and will easily pay back its investment many times over.

Order Code 8004 - Rural Solar Lighting Kit with 1 x 11W 12V CFL Lamp (equivalent to a 60W GLS lamp)
Order Code 8007 - Rural Solar Lighting Kit with 2 x 11W12V CFL Lamp (equivalent to 2 x 60W GLS lamps)

The Rural Solar Lighting Kit 20W contains:

· 20W crystalline solar panel (35 year life expectancy)

· Morningstar SHS-6 charge controller

· 1 x 11 W or 2 x 11W 12V energy saving 12V CFL lamp with E27 cap

· 1 x or 2 x IP54 weatherproof bulkhead luminaire with E27 12V lampholder

· 2 x 5m lengths of 2-core cable with red / black conductors (1mm2 c.s.a.)

· 1 x or 2 x IP54 weather proof wall switch

· 2 x wiring harnesses c/w inline fuses, battery clips and connectors

Required but NOT supplied:

We recommend that you purchase a 12V car or caravan deep cycle battery with a capacity of at least 75Ak~85Ah so that you can be certain that you will always have enough light available. A battery of this type is available from most motoring / caravanning shops.

The Numax sealed leisure 110 12V 80 Ah battery costing £71.99 is ideal and can be purchased from - click here

If, over the course of a month, you use more energy than the solar panels generate you can take the battery home and give it an overnight boost using a car battery charger.

For the technically minded:

A charge controller is not required when a 10W solar panel is used with a 75Ah battery as the unregulated charge current cannot damage the battery. However, an 30W solar panel produces much more current and thus requires a 6 Amp charge controller to be fitted into the circuit.

Optional accessories to order separately:

You can add a further light to your system if you want to. You might like to consider purchasing the ajustable wall mounting bracket for the solar panel:

Order Code 8699 - Wall Bracket for 20W solar panel (Fixed 36° and adjustable 45°)

Order Code 8704 - Pole Mounting accessory for Wall Bracket (order code 8699)

Order Code 8696 - 12V Bulkhead Luminaire for 7W & 9W CFL 12V lamp (Opal Lens)

Order Code 8105 - 12V Bulkhead Luminaire for 11W & 15W CFL 12V lamp (Prismatic Lens)

Order Code 8050 - 7W CFL 12V Lamp (Equiv. to 40W GLS) typ. life 8,000 hr

Order Code 8051 - 11W CFL 12V Lamp (Equiv. to 60W GLS) typ. life 8,000 hr

Order Code 8052 - 15W CFL 12V Lamp (Equiv. to 75W GLS) typ. life 8,000 hr

Order Code 8053 - Light Switch - weather proof to IP54 (1 Pole, 2-Way)

Order Code 8083 - 1 x 5m of (1mm2 csa : 8.75A) red-black 2-core cable to BS6862

Order Code 8097 - 12V Battery Box

Order Code 8098 - Insulated Safety Clamps for connecting cable to 12V Battery

Order Code 8716 - Pack of 10 x yellow continental type fuse rated 5 Amps (25mm long)

NB Image above shows a wall bracket with 10W solar panel and not an 20W panel

You can use the pipe fixing bracket for fixing to a 2" diameter scaffold pole.

Order Code 8704 (comes as 2 x pipe clamps as shown here )


The 12V Battery Box (Order Code 8097) is shown below

Adding a second or third light is simple - the connections are as shown.
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