There has been an interest on converting kerosene or oil based lanterns to a solar lantern.   Such a project would be very very beneficial specially for those people who live in places not yet accessible by the grid, or by people who live in poor countries and neighborhoods who don’t have money to pay for electricity.
It is possible to adapt oil (kerosene) lamps to contain rechargeable batteries and LEDs.    The adaption below is shown without the glass globe (it reduces the amount of light) but it can probably be fitted if desired.  Others might want to line the …read more

I just finished doing my DIY solar lantern project. I’ve always wanted to make one but I didn’t have the time to make one.
After the Earth Day, I decided to make time for this mini project of mine.
I’ve made a detailed documentation of this project including theory of operation, how it works, how to compute for the resistor value, and all these technical stuff.
Here’s a link to the detailed guide on how I did it.
DIY Solar Lantern part 1/3
DIY Solar Lantern part 2/3
DIY Solar Lantern part 3/3
Here are some of the pics.

[Image Source: Noel Bautista ]