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On Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 9:40:17 AM UTC-4, Neon John wrote:

John
John DeArmond
http://www.neon-john.com
http://www.tnduction.com
Tellico Plains, Occupied TN


I have thought emergency generators. but we are only a couple of
miles from a substation and have only had the power go out about once
in 8 years. And it was only out for a few hours.

So I have only come up with emergency lighting. And it is very
simple. Just a couple of 12 volt batteries and some 12 volt
automotive LED's.

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During long outages I've found that one thing I needed badly was a
lantern I could walk around with and put down or hang up to free both
hands to dig stuff out of storage. It didn't have to be very bright
but had to be small enough to sit on any nearby flat spot.

Solar driveway light heads with easily replaced AA NiCads actually
worked pretty well. Their circle of dim light was better than a small,
bright flashlight beam that ruined my night vision to see outside the
lit spot.

This is really too big and bulky for the purpose:
https://www.harborfreight.com/all-pu...ern-94740.html

Also extension cords on the floor are a hazard in the dark.

-jsw