Diwali 2015: Invest In These Solar Lighting Systems To Deck Up Your Home

According to an age-old ritual, people keep lights of their homes on and the doors open on the festival of Diwali to welcome Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth and prosperity. Traditionally, people use various types of lights, including candles, diyas, string lights, LED lights, and LED candle lights, to light up their homes. During the week-long festivities, the consumption of power goes up drastically.

This Diwali, let's light up our homes without using electricity. Wondering how? All you need to do is to go solar. To help you make the right decision, PropGuide lists five solar lighting systems you can buy this Diwali:

Tata Solar Venus 75L Home Lighting System

(Tata Solar)

Equipped with solar module and LED luminaires

Solar module: 15Wp*

Powered by 12V Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) battery

Lights up one LED bulb for 40 hours and four bulbs for 10 hours**

Charging time: 14 hours

Mobile phone charging option

Price: Rs 7,300; Buy here

Schneider Solar Lighting System

(Schneider)

Robust portable lamp with 120 Lumen light output

Two options: in-built solar panel (TS120 S) ; without solar panel (TS120)

Three levels of brightness: high - six hours; Medium - 12 hours; Low - 48 hours

Integrated mobile charger

Water-resistant upto 0.5m for one hour

Price: Rs 2,500 (kit) ; Buy here

Su-Kam LED Sparkle Solar Home Lighting System

(Su-Kam)

Portable and lightweight system

Two brightness levels that provide backup of 2.5 hours and six hours

AC grid charging: three hours full charge; Solar + Grid charging – two hours full charge when the sun is at its peak

Automatically converts to backup mode on power outage when light is on

High Efficiency LED: 120Lumens/Watt

Price: Rs 2,700; Buy here for Rs 1,900

Kotak Urja Air Cube Solar Lantern

(Kotak Urja)

Patented lamp; size of a compact disc

Comes with solar panel, Li-Po battery, and 10 LEDs

Three light modes: bright, dim & blink

Charging time: upto six hours

Weatherproof, floats on water and has a rugged PVC patented body

Maximum brightness: 45 Lumens

Price: Rs 1,279; Buy here for Rs 999

Loop Solar POWER20

(Loop Solar)

Panel: 2X10 Watt 17V (with 10m wire)

Battery: 7Ah 12V (Lead acid battery)

Charging: five hours by solar power or six hours by AC adapter

Usage duration: 8-10 hrs/day

5 Watt/650 Lumen (2 nos.) + 3 Watt/400 Lumen (1 no.)

Sockets: 4 DC equipment output (12 V) , 2 USB output (5V)

Price: on request; Buy here 

* Wp= watt peak capacity. This is the nominal capacity, or the capacity which is realised under certain test conditions.

**Under fully-charged conditions