PILOT LED LIGHT FOR 120vac

i use one of those 3 light circuit testers into a NON inverter outlet
i know when the generator, or shore power is on/off

the TV amp power light and the lighted emblem on the TV, plus all my fans etc..
let me know if the inverters are on or off

im usually on inverter from 8pm to 8am,
rare occasions for late genny use when A/C is needed
almost never early use
did not start the genny until 9:45 this AM
made coffee and breakfast using inverter power
normally i use the genny for breakfast, but we avoid the crack of dawn, IF not necessary

i spent many years going to bed early and getting up at 5am
NOT now..Not anymore

I use NE2s (neon lights) for 120 volt indication.. a full quarter watt if that. (That's an NE2H) and not senistive to waveform all that much. NE2's also will not fire if the voltage drops too low. LED's can get by with half voltage.

I glance at two LEDs and know what's happening. I have had too many neon pilots start flickering then quit. But I am in a different situation with now-you-see-it-now-you don't public power.

We went through a 3-day outage last week when a Coca-Cola truck went off the highway and snared a transmission line pole (1 of twin poles). The cross brace tipped, the pole went horizontal and dragged the wires off adjoining poles. That 2-mile stretch of sodden marsh has caused more outages than I care to count. They need to pile-drive around each tower. Good luck with that.

The LED's in the bedroom shine so I just have to open my eyes and there they are. Same with the galley and same in the gen-shed. By itself my 5K window air unit wouldn't be a problem, but with 3 28CF freezers, the Viking and fans and lights and ... the battery bank is good for X number of hours. The freezers run almost constantly. And no, this isn't the <75 kWh shack in Baja California. This will be my last commute for quite awhile. Today's temp is 92F with 70% R/H. The family is extracting 25-27 grams of gold per week off the beach, so for the foreseeable future they do not need grandpa.