A Little About Emergency Lighting

In spite of ample electricity being supplied in the US, chances are bright that power cut may happen due to the blowing up of transformers as a result of overload. Sometimes an emergency brings a life and death moment leading the circumstances into a medical emergency. If the emergency light source also fails, the medical situation gets to a worse condition. In spite of all arrangements for the surgery being readied, the failure of emergency lighting may prove fatal for the patient.

During earthquake or hurricane, many people get stranded under the debris of devastated buildings and therefore rescue operations are performed by military and police departments whether it is day or night. The emergency exit lights play the most important part in the rescue operations apart from other equipments like bulldozers and cranes.

People at home find it just impossible to carry out any work during power cuts at night. Smart house owners design their emergency action plans well ahead foreseeing the unknown situations to respond instantaneously. The list contains useful supplies and tools during emergency. All the mentioned articles in the list are purchased and stored at the most accessible portion of the house. Emergency exit light tops the list. The market is flooded with varieties of emergency lanterns but the house owner can do research in learning and understanding the usage of such items and buy the appropriate emergency lights suitable to his residence.

Emergency lanterns can be classified into three varieties:

Emergency lanterns working in LED technology provide very bright and intense lighting up to long distances. LED lanterns are powered by rechargeable batteries. A wind-up type of emergency lantern comes handy when other sources of electric power are absent. LED non-flashing bulbs with E27 medium base can be used as emergency home lighting. It gives 60 watts of light output consuming only 12 watts of power. It can operate at voltages ranging from 80 to 260 VAC. It distributes light to all the 360 degrees. It is available for $140 per piece. A different type of white LED flashlight and lantern gives similar lighting of 360 degrees powered by two AAA batteries for duration of 200 hours. It has a twist type of switch at its base. The flashlight can be converted into a lantern by removing the telescoping head. The price of each lantern is around $25.

A popular type of emergency lighting uses the latest 1-Watt LED technology. The switch has two positions where both normal light power and extra bright light can also be generated. The inverted cone reflector enhances the diffused bright light to the surrounding area. Four AA batteries power this emergency lighting for 50 hours. This exquisite lamp is available at competitive rates of $40.

This is a new type of emergency lighting unit Another LED emergency lantern is liked by customers as it gives a natural light unlike other lanterns. It uses one 3 watt Cree LED which has an orange glow. The switch can be used in two positions of low and high bright settings. This lantern costs only $45 per piece.

Fire fighters and rescue workers use a 3watt Luxeon LED emergency lighting working on rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries. Four AA alkaline batteries can also be used in conjunction. The light has the power to penetrate thick smoke. The bulb has more than 40,000 hours of life period. The beam can focus up to 500 feet distance. There is a special switch position for locator strobe. The emergency lantern is housed in unbreakable nylon polymer casing. Water is prevented from getting in by the usage of “O” shaped sealing ring. This quality lantern is priced at $160.

Emergency lights which are powered by the Sun work using solar cells. During the day time, they store the solar power as electric charge and discharge at the time of emergency during nights. The solar power pack contains one 7 amp lead acid battery which can energize a 350 milliamp LED bulb for duration of 20 hours. When the voltage falls low, the connection gets automatically cut. Extra solar panels can be fitted to increase lighting. The solar pack has the additional ability to increase the battery charge when sunlight is poor. This pack uses sunlight 10 timer/controller which is more effective than photo sensor. The price of this solar power pack is $300. Other accessories like solar panel and LED bulbs have to be connected for getting natural lighting in darkness.

An elegant model of solar/hand-crank powered emergency lighting comes with built-in radio and a mobile phone charger. This emergency lamp does not require any rechargeable batteries for operation. It has an in-built panel of solar cells along with a hand crank generator. The cost of a single exquisite piece of this solar emergency flashlight is just $30.

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