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Need Advice To Keep Me From Breaking My Butt

MEXICOWANDERER
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Or arm, leg, hip. whatever...

Power outages. Had one last night. Reached for flashlight in pitch black, knocked it off the night stand and it rolled under the bed.

Old-age. Uncoordinated-city.

I would love to wire up a gaming size push-button switch to side of the night stand. Turn it into a 12 volt toggle latching circuit.

Tap into overhead 12 volt power line.

Wire in WIRELESS CONTROL switches to power the CREE 8 watt lights. The gaming button of course would toggle the chips on and off. Two chips, one in bedroom the 2nd in the bathroom.

Now before you get all excited this is also for a stick and brick dwelling. I'll use the Lifeline as a power supply.

No worries about running main 12 volt power, but I want the gaming button to be wireless control. I may move the bed or even bedroom.

Wireless switching of a 12 volt load simultaneous multiple locations is the goal.

I am also going to fit an adjustable 555 timer module in case I forget or the gaming button* gets accidentally switched. 20 minutes max.

*4" diameter. Momentary action.
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DutchmenSport
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We have a 1 car attached garage to the house that I use for my wood shop (we have a 4 car un-attached garage too). So the attached is my play room. Now, when the lights are out and the doors are shut, and no windows ... it's dark! And far to often I come in from the outside after dark and have to fumble my way around the dark.

It only took 7 years to come up with a simple solution!.... Glow-in-the-dark spray paint! Yup! Guides me to the light switch every time now! Spray it on the walls, around the light switch, on the floor (concrete) to make a guided path, and when it dries, you don't even see it. It's clear. But turn off the lights and everything glows that errie magical green color!

Works great! I haven't banged into anything with light out in a long, long time now!

If you don't want to use Glow-in-the-dark spray paint to help assist your path when lights are out, get some glow in the dark stickers and put them on the walls, on the door posts, cabinet door handles ... wherever. It will help when you drop that flashlight the next time!

the_bear_II
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We have several LED lights that plug into an extension cord or 110V receptacle. This keeps the batteries charged and if the power goes out the lights come on automatically if you set the switch to do so.

They provide enough light to stumble over to grab the light and use it as a flashlight.

Do a google search for power outage light or flashlight...they're very inexpensive and last about 3 years.