On 2/11/2014 9:43 PM, JIMMIE wrote:
My house lighting is all LED total wattage with all on is less than
100 watts. What I want to do is to be able to connect my light
circuits to the UPS during emergencies like this ice storm that is
coming up. Not worried about heat or the fridge, I have gas heater
backup and not enough in the fridge to worry about. Are there
approved ways of connecting in the UPS that does not involve adding a
transfer switch. I was thinking about doing this with outlets and
plugs so I could unplug the light circuit and plug it into the UPS.

Jimmie

The easiest thing to do is to run a low voltage lighting system using a
12vdc power system and battery charger. A relay to switch on the 12 volt
LED lights when the power fails is simple to implement and with a proper
low current fuse is quite safe. I bought a little 48 LED light panel
meant to replace an automobile dome light from Amazon to play with and
it and it puts out a surprising amount of light. The LED panel
measures 1-1/2" X 2-5/8" and has double stick foam on the back so it can
be mounted easily. I imagine you can make your own panel using 4 to 6of
them and light up a room very well. I haven't measured the current draw
on it but I found it is quite bright off a 9 volt battery. Low voltage
wire such as telephone wire installed with a stapler could be used to
wire rooms for emergency light using the little modules. ^_^

http://www.amazon.com/niceeshop-Inte...+Panel%2FLight
+Lamp+Panel+-+White

http://preview.tinyurl.com/n4r8vhu

TDD