Need lights for 12 x 8 shed with no electricity...

Cheap and easy would be to mount a 100W 12V solar panel/power regulator kit with a deep-cycle SLA battery and a 12V LED strip light. Will provide basically enough light to see your stuff and can add additional strips if you need more. Linkable LED modules that can produce a lot more light are generally 24VDC and that jumps the prices up a bit. Tons of places sell "off-grid" solar lighting kits and parts to make your own.

Couple of questions,

1) Will this be a permanent installation or do you anticipate running power out there in the future?

2) Is this for an occasional use or will the lights be on often?

3) Budget?

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Couple of questions,

1) Will this be a permanent installation or do you anticipate running power out there in the future?

2) Is this for an occasional use or will the lights be on often?

3) Budget?

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These.

There was an awesome youtube video of some guys that put solar on top the shed and powered lights and chargers for drills and such. Think they were sponsored by ryobi. Think they spent $7500, but that included the shed.

ETA: homemade modern

On ebay you can buy some RV Interior LED lights, I think a 5 pack or so is about $30. They are surface mount and you can put them anywhere, wire to a central switch, wire switch to a battery, and use a HF solar panel to make sure battery is always hot.

Solar panel

The carcass of one of those HF lights is still hanging over my shop. Piece of crap didn't last a month...

I had this problem a few years ago at my little deer camp/shed. I considered the battery and solar panel options.

I found it easier to use the LED light that came with my power tools...



And a Coleman Duel Fuel lantern.

I've also purchased Mr Beams stuff. I've got 3 floods around my house, very bright, batteries have lasted over a year, couldnt be happier for price.