Hi all

im am looking for a light that can be wired into my backup system that will illuminate when the grid power goes down (loadshedding). Similar to an emergency exit light that lights up when power is lost.  It needs to be a small light that I can mount in the house (in my case kitchen) and notifies occupants that there is loadshedding.  It can’t be too bright as the illuminate the whole room at night. 
Does such a light exist?

On 2024/02/18 at 12:29 PM, morey_b said:

Hi all

im am looking for a light that can be wired into my backup system that will illuminate when the grid power goes down (loadshedding). Similar to an emergency exit light that lights up when power is lost.  It needs to be a small light that I can mount in the house (in my case kitchen) and notifies occupants that there is loadshedding.  It can’t be too bright as the illuminate the whole room at night. 
Does such a light exist?

Just look around for an emergency light. Comes in different sizes and styles. 

On 2024/02/18 at 12:29 PM, morey_b said:

Hi all

im am looking for a light that can be wired into my backup system that will illuminate when the grid power goes down (loadshedding). Similar to an emergency exit light that lights up when power is lost.  It needs to be a small light that I can mount in the house (in my case kitchen) and notifies occupants that there is loadshedding.  It can’t be too bright as the illuminate the whole room at night. 
Does such a light exist?

I use a tasmota smart led light bulb, installed in the back of my kitchen, lights to light blue when national loadshedding and switches to light red when local loadshedding.
You can set any colours you prefer and at any intensity you prefer.
Controlled from my stats system via mqtt getting loadshedding status from the inverter data and eskoms loadshedding api.

1 hour ago, WannabeSolarSparky said:

I use a tasmota smart led light bulb, installed in the back of my kitchen, lights to light blue when national loadshedding and switches to light red when local loadshedding.
You can set any colours you prefer and at any intensity you prefer.
Controlled from my stats system via mqtt getting loadshedding status from the inverter data and eskoms loadshedding api.

My system is less high tech. Outside lights are powered by a 100Ah lead acid. Permanent intelligent charger connected on the grid in the garage. I have a small relay connected on a plug socket also in the garage. When the relay is de-energized it closes a contact that powers a small 1W 12V LED in the kitchen above my inverter. 

Edited February 20, 20242 yr by Scorp007

On 2024/02/18 at 6:29 PM, morey_b said:

Hi all

im am looking for a light that can be wired into my backup system that will illuminate when the grid power goes down (loadshedding). Similar to an emergency exit light that lights up when power is lost.  It needs to be a small light that I can mount in the house (in my case kitchen) and notifies occupants that there is loadshedding.  It can’t be too bright as the illuminate the whole room at night. 
Does such a light exist?

The correct answer here is how technical are you

Because there are "smart" IOT ways and there are engineery-manual ways

On 2024/02/18 at 12:29 PM, morey_b said:

Hi all

im am looking for a light that can be wired into my backup system that will illuminate when the grid power goes down (loadshedding). Similar to an emergency exit light that lights up when power is lost.  It needs to be a small light that I can mount in the house (in my case kitchen) and notifies occupants that there is loadshedding.  It can’t be too bright as the illuminate the whole room at night. 
Does such a light exist?

My installer wired in a red led voltage indicator (shines red and shows battery voltage) which illuminates when load shedding. I think he used one of the auxiliary outputs on my Multiplus.

Edited March 16, 20242 yr by Peter V
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