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Tin-bender
Explorer
Mar 03, 2015

Night Lights

Hi all,
Maybe everybody but me has heard of/seen these before but I thought it was worth taking a chance on posting the info.

Was at a neighbors house the other day and noticed these on his kitchen counter plugs. http://www.snappower.com/ I think they are pretty cool for home use but thought they would really work well in the RV.

At his kitchen counter he turned the recepticle up side down in the box so the lights would shine upwards, very effective.

Anyway I am going to order some.
(standard disclaimer, no connection to the company)
Tinbender


Sorry, don't know why it didn't link.
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  • kaydeejay's avatar
    kaydeejay
    Explorer
    Mar 03, 2015
    Tin-bender wrote:
    Hi all,
    Maybe everybody but me has heard of/seen these before but I thought it was worth taking a chance on posting the info.

    Was at a neighbors house the other day and noticed these on his kitchen counter plugs. http://www.snappower.com/ I think they are pretty cool for home use but thought they would really work well in the RV.

    At his kitchen counter he turned the recepticle up side down in the box so the lights would shine upwards, very effective.

    Anyway I am going to order some.
    (standard disclaimer, no connection to the company)
    Tinbender


    Sorry, don't know why it didn't link.
    Why did he turn the receptacle upside down? Won't the plate fit with the lights uppermost regardless?

    Neat idea, but at $15 each it gets a little spendy if you want more than one or two.!
  • rhagfo's avatar
    rhagfo
    Explorer III
    Mar 03, 2015
    popeyemth wrote:
    Looks nice

    Nightlight


    One might need to replace the RV outlet with a standard house style outlet as it gets its power from making contact with the wire terminals on the side of the outlet.
    RV style use insulation displacement type connections where the wire is pressed into a grove in the contact.

    It would be worth the replacement if you get enough slack in the cable to install a standard outlet.
  • coolmom42's avatar
    coolmom42
    Explorer II
    Mar 03, 2015
    Very nice-looking! And the video clip is so right about the problems with other types of night lights.
  • Jerrybo66's avatar
    Jerrybo66
    Explorer
    Mar 03, 2015
    Unless the room or hallway was bright during the day the light wouldn't turn off. I had that problem with the standard plug-in night light. I have to use the ones with the switch.
  • Tvov's avatar
    Tvov
    Explorer II
    Mar 03, 2015
    Okay, that was actually more interesting than I thought it would be. As Jerrybo66 posted, sometimes those "automatic" lights stay on in areas that aren't bright - but, with how little energy LED lights use, that might not be an issue.
  • Tvov's avatar
    Tvov
    Explorer II
    Mar 03, 2015
    Speaking of staying on, though -- is there some way to turn off the light if for some reason I don't want them on?

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