Battery powered light needed
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shooter_Hans
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ROFL
The power goes out all the time? I think it is overboard to put an emergency light setup to play pool. I think that should be the least of your worries.
The power goes out all the time? I think it is overboard to put an emergency light setup to play pool. I think that should be the least of your worries.
Why not just use the light that's there with a backup plug?
Agreed. Run the LED light off something like this and you won't even notice the power failure when at the table .... unless the 1000W stereo stops playing music.
Dave
George the Greek
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We had no power for 7 days during Christmas when we lived in Toronto. We sold that house and moved rural and first thing we did was install a Generac and with being on well water and sump pumps it was worth it. Our new build we just installed an 18KW Generac. Not waiting for a power failure
Biloxi Boy
Man With A Golden Arm
Generator: First requirement for hurricane survival. No substitute.
The power usually goes out during cold weather (unless you live in CA with rolling-blackouts) so you would want to install a house generator with a transfer switch. The generator plus transfer switch is around $1k total. You can wire it up yourself, it isn't hard. Just make sure you turn off the main breaker when installing, and don't touch the main terminals. This is a much more useful solution than a custom battery lighting setup, because you can remain comfortable through-out the house while the power is off.
Here are some pictures of the one I did. There is an external outlet on the other side of this wall in which you plug the generator into outside.
Or, for a lot cheaper, you can make a 12-awg back-feed cable and plug your generator into your laundry dryer outlet. However you will only energize one of the two phases of your house, and if you forget to turn off your mains while it is running and you injure a lineman, you go to jail.
Here are some pictures of the one I did. There is an external outlet on the other side of this wall in which you plug the generator into outside.
Or, for a lot cheaper, you can make a 12-awg back-feed cable and plug your generator into your laundry dryer outlet. However you will only energize one of the two phases of your house, and if you forget to turn off your mains while it is running and you injure a lineman, you go to jail.
George the Greek
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Here in Nova Scotia hurricanes , high winds and plenty of other storms are commonplace and the 1.5 years we've been here we've gone thru quite a few
I'm in NC on the coast and hurricanes knock out our power several times a year. I have my breaker boxes, 3 of them, wired to a RV plug on my back deck where my generator resides. Just plug it in, fire up the generator, and use whatever electric I need in the house.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
My light wire goes thru the ceiling and hard wired in the attic.
Looking for something simple.
How about these that I can stick on an aluminum strip and mount to the light when needed?
My light wire goes thru the ceiling and hard wired in the attic.
Looking for something simple.
How about these that I can stick on an aluminum strip and mount to the light when needed?
your light wire goes into the ceiling, across to somewhere above the electric panel, and then down to the electric panel, like everything else in your house,
I doubt those will be bright enough. I had something like that as a backlight for my tv.
Why not cut the hard wire and splice in a UPS. They are cheap and reliable and you will get your current lights for the table.
Will a UPS run 4-8' fluorescent bulbs for 12 hours?
Badpenguin
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Maybe something along these lines?
It can be done for the right amount of money. You just need to size the UPS for the wattage of your bulbs. 12 hours is a long time. Fluorescents are a bit power hungry. So the battery(s) will be large. Maybe the lights are 100W per bulb, that is about 1 amp each. So 4 amps for 12 hours is ~50AH at 120V. If using 12V batteries that is ~ 5 x 100AH batteries. If you switch to LEDs then you'd need less than 1/10th of this.
