Emergency Lighting

[Mortblanc]

Joe, a day is only 24 hours long.

If you need three weeks charge saved up in the battery banks then solar is not the best generation method for you. You will never have enough sunlight to fully recharge except in summer, when you really don't need it.

This is one of the scams of the greenies. Solar is not suitable for powering large parts of our globe. England happens to be in one of those areas.

If you don't need a charge controller then you are not producing enough power to refill your cells.

If the total grid is down then shining like a lighthouse on a mountain is pure suicide from a security point. When the sun goes down you need to have the lights off and go to bed, just like everyone else. Don't try to live then as you do now, set yourself apart and draw attention.

If you are thinking about partial power cuts, or rolling brown outs, a simple 12v charger on a single deep cycle battery with 100-200 amp hours will power your LED lights until the power is back on tomorrow, or the day after.

You simply have to plan your day and heavy power needs, around when the power is available.