Household E-Lighting?

[Blaer]

The other night, just as it was getting dark, the Poco killed power to my neighborhood. You know, it's amazing just how dark it gets in my house when there aren't any streetlights shining through the windows.

This got me thinking ... why not put a pair of bugeyes in the hall, at least? They're not that expensive.

Then I got a mail-order catalog, one of those things that's filled with amazing stuff you never knew existed- and now can't live without. One gizmo they sold was a small light that you plugged in - and the light went on only when power went out. Hmm. What about placing an outlet up high in the hallway? After all, there are plug-in 'cordless' doorbells sold at the home center. Might be a good place to also hang one of those lights.

Anyone ever even THINK about adding this to their designs?

 

[mgookin]

My house has 3 sets of emergency lights. One in the master bedroom, one in the hall, one in the living room. They're not so obvious; they have fixed lenses - 2 per fixture. Off the shelf from Home Depot or Lowes (don't remember which).

 

[GoldDigger]

Anyone ever even THINK about adding this to their designs?

An owner might want to have a high-mounted emergency light in the hallway for convenience, but for minimal safety plugging a combination night-light and emergency light into the low mounted code-required receptacle for the hallway is usually enough.
For commercial buildings, churches, etc. a high mounted receptacle feeding a self-contained emergency light is common in old construction.

 

[gadfly56]

An owner might want to have a high-mounted emergency light in the hallway for convenience, but for minimal safety plugging a combination night-light and emergency light into the low mounted code-required receptacle for the hallway is usually enough.
For commercial buildings, churches, etc. a high mounted receptacle feeding a self-contained emergency light is common in old construction.

Had a customer with my last employer where the receptacle was wired on the load side of the lighting switch. Customer couldn't understand why the e-light came on when the lights were turned off and needed new batteries every year!