In the April 4, 2024, issue of EDN, the design of a solar mains hybrid lamp (HL) was featured. The lamp receives power from both a solar panel and a mains power supply to turn on an array of LED lamps ...

When the power cuts out, you need light that comes on instantly and predictably, not a scramble for flashlights and a maze of ...

LEDs find wide use in emergency lighting because of their high efficiency and control simplicity. The circuit in Figure 1 provides a highly efficient and reliable design for emergency LED lighting at ...

When the power goes out, scrambling for a flashlight can be frustrating. Light bulbs with backup batteries solve this by providing light even during an outage. These innovative bulbs charge their ...

Emergency home backup power continues to be a hot topic. In fact, having power for home essentials when the power goes out for an extended period is becoming a bigger concern with every natural ...

South Africa’s electricity utility Eskom has made it clear that “loadshedding” – rolling scheduled power cuts – isn’t going to end any time soon. This reality, and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ...

With load shedding seemingly worsening, South Africans are exploring ways to keep their lights on, particularly through the use of battery backup systems. These systems have gained popularity, ...

If you’ve travelling via bike, you’ll know there’s a certain advantage to packing light. But what if you need to take your beefy desktop-replacement laptop with you on one of these trips? These power ...

There are backup batteries and then there are serious backup batteries. The Goal Zero Yeti 1000 Core is the latter. While there's no specific line differentiating any two classes of batteries used for ...