What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10

[Yorkshire Andy]

Had a top up charge of all power banks / torches / battery packs and anything else that takes a charge with the national grid getting a bit twitchy I don't hold out much hope of the coal standby / mothballed units working very well . If this is going to be the first full scale run up tomorrow

Bistro stove and a couple of cartridges ready as a instant cooking / brew making facility in the kitchen ..

Few towns over been a big gas explosion which has flattened a house and lead to half the street been evacuated at about 1am this morning.. keep those bobs handy and in good fetal

[jennyjj01]

More yer batty as a nutcake OL really

I read that as Nora Batty?

[steptoe]

Had a top up charge of all power banks / torches / battery packs and anything else that takes a charge with the national grid getting a bit twitchy I don't hold out much hope of the coal standby / mothballed units working very well . If this is going to be the first full scale run up tomorrow

Bistro stove and a couple of cartridges ready as a instant cooking / brew making facility in the kitchen ..

Few towns over been a big gas explosion which has flattened a house and lead to half the street been evacuated at about 1am this morning.. keep those bobs handy and in good fetal

Hey andy thanks for the heads up on the other thread we are also ready should the power go banks charged stoves at the ready and well most things ready will get the lampos ready in the morning we have lights all over the house now and the stairs light on movement so we are as ready as we can be , this year is going to see a prep over drive from our point but i can guess people will still not listen , i am just on looking at more food stores

[Frnc]

My movement lights are working great. I don't bother switching the landing light on most of the time. They do sometimes come on when they don't need to, ie there is enough light but they don't see it, and the one at the bottom of the stairs gets triggered by the landing light going on and off, but doesn't see it once it is on. But they always work when you need them, and the batteries are still going.

I did get free replacements for the other ones. They seem OK, they do go off under my bedroom light (the first lot didn't). The first lot also had covers jamming, but I think I might have put them on the wrong way, which is quite easy to do. You have to look for the arrow on the inside before putting them on. It's more obvious on the Anker ones. NB these Veskyao are half the price, and reduced even further at the moment. £8.49 for three.

I'm only using two at the moment, it's all you need really. It does get a bit dark going downstairs just before the lower one comes on, as that is facing sideways so doesn't detect as far. It would be better aimed up the stairs but there's nowhere to mount it. The landing one is at the end, and it detects you coming up the stairs before the lower one goes off.

[jansman]

My movement lights are working great. I don't bother switching the landing light on most of the time. They do sometimes come on when they don't need to, ie there is enough light but they don't see it, and the one at the bottom of the stairs gets triggered by the landing light going on and off, but doesn't see it once it is on. But they always work when you need them, and the batteries are still going.

I did get free replacements for the other ones. They seem OK, they do go off under my bedroom light (the first lot didn't). The first lot also had covers jamming, but I think I might have put them on the wrong way, which is quite easy to do. You have to look for the arrow on the inside before putting them on. It's more obvious on the Anker ones. NB these Veskyao are half the price, and reduced even further at the moment. £8.49 for three.

I am glad your landing lights work ok. Ours do too, and should have put them there a long time ago!

[Frnc]

I put the third light in my spare room, aka Prep Room, on the wall facing the door. This room has the best window for getting out in a fire, plus some of my bugout clothes, and the bike pannier I normally cycle with, which would be taken if bugging out on the bike. Anyway, it works well and gives a reasonably bright light to the whole room. I put this one a bit higher, about a metre off the floor. The outside of the door is cover by the landing light.
Of course I'd probably have my head torch on, this is more for backup.
Plus, I sometimes go in there with wet hands (I keep my toothbrush in there) and I can't reach the light switch with my elbow as the shelves are in front of it.

I still have the free ones if I want to put an extra one on the stairs. I'll see how long the batteries last first. It's been nearly 3 weeks since the first two were installed.

[jansman]

I put the third light in my spare room, aka Prep Room, on the wall facing the door. This room has the best window for getting out in a fire, plus some of my bugout clothes, and the bike pannier I normally cycle with, which would be taken if bugging out on the bike. Anyway, it works well and gives a reasonably bright light to the whole room. I put this one a bit higher, about a metre off the floor. The outside of the door is cover by the landing light.
Of course I'd probably have my head torch on, this is more for backup.
Plus, I sometimes go in there with wet hands (I keep my toothbrush in there) and I can't reach the light switch with my elbow as the shelves are in front of it.

I still have the free ones if I want to put an extra one on the stairs. I'll see how long the batteries last first. It's been nearly 3 weeks since the first two were installed.

I have three on our landing/ bathroom. Big Eveready at the top of the the stairs .Switches on when the door below opens! Can set bright or dim. Along the landing to bathroom,another,and in the bathroom over the loo,a small one that brightens the bathroom. The battery life is excellent. Recharge jobs. Just shove em in a usb job in the back of the telly,which is always on these days,so it costs next to nowt to carve ‘em. That’ll do. I also have one of those lights in the outside loo. Never use the mains light at all out there.

[diamond lil]

Life alters our plans yet again. Husband BG suddenly took a hike and his diabetes is getting worse. So an emergency Sainsbugs delivery tomorrow and back on the extreme low carb for us.

[jansman]

Life alters our plans yet again. Husband BG suddenly took a hike and his diabetes is getting worse. So an emergency Sainsbugs delivery tomorrow and back on the extreme low carb for us.

I do hope he settles down and feels better DL.

[itsybitsy]

Life alters our plans yet again. Husband BG suddenly took a hike and his diabetes is getting worse. So an emergency Sainsbugs delivery tomorrow and back on the extreme low carb for us.

Ah, that's not good. What's BG?