Emergency lighting for elderly couple

Green_hopeful

They are not moving the lights but we will make sure the cables cannot be pulled out. 

Sadly their house is like daylight 24/7. They never turn off the lights even when they are asleep or the heating for that matter. 

They were complaining that the normal lights were not bright enough so they needed to buy some super bright standard lights from one of those catalogues. They are apparently £300 plus for the top of the range ones. I got them some 10 watt led bulbs for £8 from b&q. It’s now as bright as the sun as well as boiling hot in their house. 

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pete-20-11 said:

The only downside will be if there’s a power cut at say 3am? Suddenly woken by the light coming on? 

But that power cut could be fire in the neighbouring area or even in your home. If it is in your home you also get sound from fire alarm sounder. Not to mention faulty wiring that  will trigger protective devices to go off. So it could save life. That is what emergency lighting is supposed to work.

poppellerant

I've bought myself some rechargeable PIR LED lights that you can stick pretty much where you want using the magnet that's attached to the light.  When set to auto, they activate in the dark and only light up when they detect movement.  They cost less than £7 each on eBay and I'd recommend them for emergency lighting.

About the only downside I can think is they aren't very powerful.  But they will provide plenty of light to see what you're doing in a reasonably sized kitchen.

Mister_G

Norman_Castle said:

Green_hopeful said:

We got the first light installed tonight. We got these ones. https://www.electricaldirect.co.uk/product/integral-led-5w-emergency-led-bulkhead-light-ip65-4000k-cool-white-white-645385 And because we got 6 they were slightly cheaper. We picked them because they are a bit brighter. We put a cable and plug on them

I've got a few similar lights which I've wired with a cable and plug to use as portable work lights however as they're designed to be hard wired into the electrical wiring there is no cable clamp on them as there would be on a light designed to be portable. I've expertly bodged mine with carefully sited cable ties, without these it would be possible to pull the wires out leaving a live wire loose. No idea if yours are similar but if so I wouldn't rely on just the cable connecting screws.

These would do the cable clamping job

https://www.screwfix.com/p/tower-nylon-male-comp-gland-20mm-2-pack/45943

Green_hopeful

Wired up two more today. Switched them off to take over to the in laws and they were still on 7 hours later. Can’t really tell how bright because the other lights were on but still going.