emergency light

How about in a non-maintained emergency, that's what it's for. :)

Indeed. Stick it over the stairs.

NT

Oh dear. Does it work?

Non-maintained emergency lighting is a luminaire made solely for emergency use. It is designed to come on in the event of a mains power failure, making sure all emergency exit routes are clearly illuminated, but will not be active as your normal day-to-day lighting system.

Is this a serious question? I'd have thought it was obvious. Brian

Jim GM4DHJ ... formulated the question :

Over your fuseboard connected, across the circuit which supplies the light nearest the fuseboard, if that circuit trips or you lose all mains supply it will then come on.

I have a Lidl rechargable torch in a holder on permanent trickle charge in the hall next to the fusebox, this automatically comes on in a trip. Under a tenner IIRC. Needless to say, I havn't had one since I bought it.

I have one on the stairs. It gives enough light to use the stairs safely in an emrgency, and just enough for the hall and landing too.

Mmmm not in a house shirley? ....

that is why I asked .........no good to me for domestic use .....

what...stick it on ebay? ....

excelent harry never thought of that .....

so not worth the bother then I have one like that in the hall .....lights up pink

...except in a two storey HMO ......

Jim is a refuge from uk.radio.amateur. If you know all about ham radios, you are bright enough to know about emergency lighting. I fear that he could be one of those posters that I have been warned about - a troll!

believe me I know ALL about emergency lighting maintained or non-maintained .....I just feel stupid not to have read the box that the light came with and now I am struggling to find a domestic use for it......honest not trolling

naw the thing is too big and ugly I bought it to replace the outside light at my static van ...........

there are smaller more elegant domestic solutions.....this is the one I use.....got it in a sale for under a tenner

I have three in my house. One in the cupboard under the stairs where the consumer unit lives, one in the downstairs hall way and one on the upstairs landing. The green glow from the LED indicating charging gives enough light for nightly visits to the loo.

I had someone knock on my front door the last time there was a power cut to see if I still had power as my house was lit up while everyone else was in darkness.

The last all LED non-maintained that I purchased came from CPC when they had an offer at around £12.

For a boot sale purchase I would be wary about the condition of the rechargeable batteries as the unit being removed from the mains may have just been left until Ni-Cad batteries had become flat and have become short circuit.