Nicads are ideal for outdoor solar light applications because they re rugged batteries with a high energy density and a long life.
Can ordinary batteries be used in solar lights.
No special batteries required for solar lights.
Regular batteries cannot store energy the way nimh and nicd batteries do resulting in damage to your solar lights.
Both batteries are rechargeable unlike regular alkaline batteries and so the use of alkaline batteries in solar lights can lead to permanent damage to your solar lights including corrosion and solar panel failure.
Yes you can use regular batteries in solar lights but it won t work on some solar lights like the inwood solar lights but some inwood solar lights can run on regular batteries.
The danger of using alkaline batteries in your solar lights.
All they need is either nimh nickel metal hydride or nicd type rechargeable battery.
Where an old rechargeable battery might not retain its charge as well as it used to an alkaline battery will only work for a short time and ultimately is capable of severely corroding your lights battery terminal.
When you need to replace the batteries for your solar lights i would recommend installing the nimh batteries.
Most solar lights use rechargeable aa size nickel cadmium batteries which must be replaced every year or two.