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kilogulf59

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Moderators; I was unsure where to post this. Please move to the correct forum and you have my apology for my error and your inconvenience. Thank you.

What I'm looking for are a few emergency lights. What I'd like are ones that plug in, like a nightlight, but stay off until we lose power. Similar in concept to the emergency lights in businesses yet on a smaller scale.

I do not want lights with eyes, which turn on in the dark. If they happen to have a manual on/off switch, that's fine. However, I'm not looking for nightlights.

Apparently, I'm not using the correct search criteria as I'm not finding, in the Internet, what I'm looking for, assuming such a critter exists.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
IS that what you talking about?
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I used to have some nightlight-style ones from Costco that were indeed nightlights but you could turn them off so they only illuminated upon a power failure. Unfortunately the batteries in them only lasted a few years before they finally went bad.
 
Try searching on "LED power-failure light" or similar.

I got some good Westinghouse brand power fail lights which have light and motion sensors which you can turn off. They can be pulled out of the wall and used as flashlights. I have seen them in 2- and 3-packs.

www.homedepot.com

Westinghouse 4-In-1 Rechargeable Power Failure LED Night Light (3-Pack) WN111 - The Home Depot

Obtain a pretty and extraordinary charm to your home space by selecting this Westinghouse Power Failure LED Night Light. For indoor use
www.homedepot.com


Dave
 
Maybe not what you are looking for, but I have some 4 inch recessed lights powered by a UPS backed circuit with some Shelly's in them, and HomeAssistant turns them on if the UPS is on for more than 5 seconds
 
Only a suggestion, I have installed several IDEAL SK638 power failure fixtures in elderly relatives homes. They have been very pleased with them. They take a replaceable SLA 4AH battery. I work in the building automation, HVAC and security trade, so those batteries are common use to me and recycling is easy. Ideal is in the process of upgrading the product, as well. The next revision may possibly include blue tooth ability . I've no affiliation with the manufacturer other than retail end user.
SK638
 
Morning all. Darn, all of a sudden I have stuff to do. Oh well, I think I'll nosy around the Internet for a bit more. Probably wind up with something simple like the Westinghouse units mentioned above. It's not that big of a deal to have replaceable batteries.
 
this probably isn’t what you’re looking for but it has the same functionality in a form of a flashlight.

darksucks.com

Maelstrom MXS "Standby" – darksucks.com

The Maelstrom is back, better, and standing by...the light that's ready even when you are not. The MXS lives on it's inductive charging base (no cables or ports on the light) and even turns on automatically when the power is interrupted. The MXS delivers between 10 and 1700 lumens with a Nichia...
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Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
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This is the best I have found so far - I have one in my house plus others I bought for friends & family. You can switch it to run 3 or 6 LEDs when power goes out - I find the 3 setting is enough to cover a typical house floor while 6 covers a larger ranch-style floor.


My primary power fail light is a Streamlight LiteBox power fail e-spot, but I justified that as a cool flashlight with an additional practical use rather than as the best bang-for-the-buck emergency light. It only works as well as it does because I can bounce it off a big white cathedral ceiling and get some diffuse coverage.

E-Spot® LiteBox® Power Failure System | With Power Failure Circuitry | Streamlight®

www.streamlight.com
 
Thank you, I'll look into those.

I find it odd that all I want is a simple, nightlight like device, that turns on when the power goes off and I can't find it.
 
When you do your search, DO NOT include nightlight in your search terms.

I used "Power failure lights plug in" and came up with a few that you are looking for. The energizer brand popped up a few times.

 
Oh, I wasn't, Poppy. I was also looking at those. I was holding out to see if I could find any that had replaceable batteries. These are sealed units apparently. With that said, I couldn't find any and since I can get three of these for $27, I guess they're the winner.

BTW, thanks to all who helped me with this, it is very much appreciated.
 
Old thread, but I haven't seen any other discussion of the battery-backed-up 120v LED bulbs that have become commonly available in the last year or so. They seem to fill a real gap in the sense that they only light up on battery if the light was already switched on, and don't run down their battery like a normal emergency light if you were not already needing light in that area.

The one I bought (Noma 60W) also comes with a hanger that includes a click-on-click-off switch:

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The slightly creepy thing about them is that you can turn them on and off with the normal switch during a power outage. My guess is that they use a pull-up resistor driven by the battery and use the presence of other loads in the house (which pulls the hot lead down towards 0v) to determine if the switch is on or off.
 
kilogulf59 said:
So, it works like a regular bulb but is we lose power it still works?
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Apparently so, although I believe the brightness is reduced somewhat. In hindsight I should have bought two bulbs so I could compare.

I have not had a chance to properly test it yet... I expect that shutting off the main disconnect rather than an individual breaker will be required in order for the bulb to see enough load to trigger the logic and even then I'm not sure. It might need to see the resistance of the step-down transformer to operate reliably.

I was expecting a power outage last night from the freezing rain but the one time I had something to test in a power outage there was not even a flicker all night.
 
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