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Watching this video makes me want to wire a few emergency lights in my house, mostly in the basement near the generator transfer switch. My town looses power often, like every other week. The emergency lights will come in handy.
It's a really good setup. It I don't see why you don't put the houses fire alarm system on the generator too just as it kind of life safety but other than that love all of ur videos
I have done it before in a video a long time ago. Typically I just make sure it's they last the required 30 minutes as fully depleting them degrades the batteries faster.
On Thursday, there is literally a heat wave at my school and it happened at dismissal, but it was 108°F I think and it caused the power to go out because of the heat wave and that’s crazy but on Friday I had no school
I would argue that the living room is indeed important to light up, seeing as the electrical panel is in the far corner of the room. If there's a power outage, that's usually where you'd look to fix the problem, right?
Usually power outages are a fault of the utility provider I've never in a residential building had a main breaker trip it shouldn't but theoretically can happen and I have seen it happen in commercial.
@@nics-systems-electric Fair enough, and if something did trip, it wouldn't disconnect the whole house and/or take out all the lighting I suppose. Good point, you are right
5:30 You have the DJI Mini 3 Pro drone, I have the same one; but I have the 4th generation of the Mini Pro. The Mini 4 Pro has omnidirectional sensors, which covers 360 degrees for the; “Field of View”.
Great test. I would consider putting a backup light in that downstairs living room so you can see the electrical panels in case you need to access them in an outage. Also as you pointed out the stairwell could use one. Thanks for the video
IDEA: what if you turned the recessed light in the stairwell above the fire door in the house to an emergency light? (same fixture, just with a battery connected somewhere). there is a way to do this, i see AC fixtures all the time with a plate on the ceiling next to it with a battery charge indicator and test button. the light switch still controls the light but when power is lost, the light is always on, the switch position doesn't matter.
I think the idea is to add another running man exit light at the main door with 2 spots lighting up the bottom of the stairs. What would you think Nic?
I can't put a running man sign as they are quite an aesthetically pleasing in a home as they stand out a lot. I will possibly do an emergency fixture however.
I do really think you could deal with an emergency light to the fuse box in the living room basement as it will provide you with some light to see what you are doing in the fuse box. It is up to you anyway.
when power is lost, the emergency lights immediately turn on and are powered by a battery that is usually contained inside of the unit though sometimes a light may be powered by a separate battery pack. when there is power, the battery is kept charged so it is full when power is lost.
@@ilikeelectronics100 not always an option you gotta do what you gotta do. Many times the situation you're showing is in rain snow etc. and won't happen again or your opportunity to do a test when it won't disrupt others is limited.
In Mexico, European sounder strobes are just as common as bells are in Canada. I've stayed in an all-inclusive resort in Mexico 2 times as a kid and noticed that they have Roshni sounders and European-style call points instead of pull stations. Roshni sounders and other European-style fire alarm AVs are much more durable than Horn or speaker strobes.
