Install Light on Fence Post — Mount the Lights

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How to Install Solar Post-Cap Lights on Deck Stair Railings · Step 3 of 4

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Remove any existing plastic caps from the wooden fence posts. The solar light unit will then be placed on top of the fence post. Before securing it, locate and pull out the battery activation tab, typically found on the underside of the light, to ensure the internal battery is connected and ready to charge. Once activated, align the light unit with the post and twist it into the post adapter to lock it in place.

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here. Pull off this plastic flat cap we put on there. It looks like there are some holes that I could put some screws into. Might be wise to do that. And then here on the back of the light, there's a tab. I'm going to pull that out to activate the battery. There we go. And now I'm not seeing any settings on here, but looks like it just sets on at an angle and then twist and to lock. There we go. And that's it. Definitely got to go get some screws real quick and uh make sure this doesn't go blowing off. I did notice that a couple of the caps blew off in the last big wind we had. Um, just fell off under the ground here. Get those put back on. Looks like just two of them. So, that's not bad. See any other ones? Nope. Just those two. I found some exterior screws here. Try and get this

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Install Light on Fence Post — Mount the Lights

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4 hours

Part of project

How to Install Solar Post-Cap Lights on Deck Stair Railings · Step 3 of 4

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Remove any existing plastic caps from the wooden fence posts. The solar light unit will then be placed on top of the fence post. Before securing it, locate and pull out the battery activation tab, typically found on the underside of the light, to ensure the internal battery is connected and ready to charge. Once activated, align the light unit with the post and twist it into the post adapter to lock it in place.

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here. Pull off this plastic flat cap we put on there. It looks like there are some holes that I could put some screws into. Might be wise to do that. And then here on the back of the light, there's a tab. I'm going to pull that out to activate the battery. There we go. And now I'm not seeing any settings on here, but looks like it just sets on at an angle and then twist and to lock. There we go. And that's it. Definitely got to go get some screws real quick and uh make sure this doesn't go blowing off. I did notice that a couple of the caps blew off in the last big wind we had. Um, just fell off under the ground here. Get those put back on. Looks like just two of them. So, that's not bad. See any other ones? Nope. Just those two. I found some exterior screws here. Try and get this

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