In article , tim...
wrote:


"charles" wrote in message
...
In article , tim...
wrote:


"charles" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Muddymike wrote:
On 20/10/2020 12:45, George Miles wrote:
I have several emergency lights over the stairs etc, which light
up when the mains fails.

But if they only last 4 hours, and the power trips when i'm
asleep at midnight, and fire breaks out at 6 a.m. or i need to
get up, they will be flat.

So recommendations for emergency lights with longer lasting
batteries please?

George

Change the bulbs in them to LED.

Mike

Ones you buy nowadays have LEDs - the size of battery has,
consequentlyt, been reduced -

and the price.

seems a pointless move, as for the majority of uses the cost of
installation is likely to swamp the unit price


So, who is going to make incandescent 'bulbs' just for emergency lights?

I meant deliberately putting smaller batteries in

And one of the things about these bespoke LED products is that they tend
to be sealed for life

which means that in 25 years when the bulbs die, you have to get the
electrician in to do a complete re-install

So much better if it had standard fittings and you manually put LED bulbs
in there yourself


But they are standard fittings - modern standards

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle