Today we welcome our newest advertiser: Inirgee, a low voltage lighting mail order firm in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. You may wonder what 12 VDC Christmas lights have to do with survival. But think this through: Using part or all of a string of LED lights is ideal for survival lighting with a minimal power source. Just one small photovoltaic panel and a pair of 6 VDC golf cart (deep cycle) batteries can provide you with lighting, communications gear, a police scanner, and a small battery charging tray. This sort of setup is ideal for either someone that is on a tight budget, or someone that needs a mobile system that they can quickly disassemble and carry in the trunk of a car. A small photovoltaic (PV) power and lighting system is better than no system. Lets face it: For many of us, a small system is all that we can afford. Even without a PV panel, you can just a use a car battery to provide shelter lighting for short term grid-down situations. Regardless of the scale of system that you choose, concentrate first on components that have minimal current loads. Also consider this: If you buy a LED disaster lighting system that can be switched between strings of red and white LEDs, by switching to the red LEDs you can preserve your night vision before emerging from your shelter for tactical situations. Think of the possibilities. OBTW, be sure to use the coupon code survival to get the special SurvivalBlog readers’ 10% discount on all regularly priced merchandise in the Inirgee online store. (They have more than 400 different items.)
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