John Willis wrote in
:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:02:49 GMT, "Noozer"
scribbled this interesting note:

I greatly appreciate your detailed explanation, as well as Noozer's,
for the reason of my problem. However, I need a solution. I do not
need LED light bulbs for general lighting, since I prefer the
compact fluorescent bulbs for this purpose. I need LED light to
illuminate my keyboard because of its very low power consumption.
Its being directional is also a boon.

Why does this need to be plugged into the UPS at all? If you need
light in case of a power outage GET A FLASHLIGHT!

Or a kerosene lamp???


--
John Willis

(Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)


I have a camping 2-tube fluorescent lamp that runs on 4 D cells,runs 20 hrs
on both tubes,40 hrs on one tube.Has a nice folding lamp housing so you can
position it,and it's very compact. It cost only $12,made by Eveready,IIRC.

It came in handy last year for Hurricane Charlie.

Then I have one longer portable battery-powered single-tube
fluorescent,designed to be installed in closets with no outlets,uses 8 AA
cells,and has an external 2.5mm power jack that I made one long cable for
that alligator-clips onto my car battery for a worklight,and another cable
that goes to a 12V gel cell for inside use. That lamp cost around $9
IIRC,at WalMart,HD,or Lowes.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net