We don't have many serious natural disasters in Greater Phoenix, but we do have power outages from time to time. Especially during our summer monsoon, when it's very hot outside, you'll want to have some of these items in your home so your family can endure the outage in comfort and safety.
Here are examples of products that you should have handy in the case of an emergency or power outage. Several of these items, wrapped in in one big box, would make a thoughtful housewarming gift!
Battery Backup For Computers
This UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) unit provides battery back up power, allowing users to work through medium and extended power outages with runtimes of up to 136 minutes, depending on the unit's load. It has 8 outlets, six with battery backup and two with surge protection only. This Back-UPS also safeguards equipment from damaging surges and spikes that travel along utility, phone and coax cable lines.
Home Theater Surge Protector
Power protection for home theater, audio/video, and digital entertainment components. It uses varying power filter levels to isolate and contain power line noise within individual pairs of receptacle banks. It provides the high quality protection available from overvoltages, and safeguards your sensitive home entertainment components from power aberrations.Battery Operated Fan
This space-saving fan features over 72 hours of battery life. It's portable, and can be used indoors or outdoors. Easy to carry. Operates on 8 D batteries. If power isn't a problem, but your A?c is out, you can use the AC adapter that's included.Emergency Radio and Flashlight
AM, FM and Weather band (162.55Mkz). In emergency situations you can stay in touch with the digital AM/FM radio. Just 2 minutes of cranking for 15 minutes of radio or 30 minutes of emergency light from the removable flashlight. powered by hand cranking so you don't have to worry about depleted batteries when blackouts or emergencies hit. Also features 12/24-hour clock with alarm, 90-minute sleep timer and LCD screen with LED backlight.Wind-Up Lantern
Don't worry about running out of batteries--you don't need any for this lantern. You probably wouldn't be able to do surgery by the light emitted from this lantern, but it's good enough to eat by or read phone numbers by. The kids can also use it if they camp out in the backyard. About one minute of cranking yields about 20 minutes of light. It comes with a flashlight, too.Shake Flashlights
These renewable energy flashlights boast 20 minutes light with only 2 minutes of shaking. No batteries required.Emergency Radio
These hand-cranked radios don't need batteries. AM/FM tuner. The radio also offers such features as a built-in LED light for illumination, a flashing red emergency light, an emergency siren, as well as cell phone charger--all perfect for roadside crises.First Aid Kit
A reasonably priced all purpose home first aid kit. Check your first aid kits every year to make sure that the bandages and ointments are still usable.Bulk Batteries
Stock up on various sizes of batteries, and replace them every other year. remember, rechargeable batteries won't work for long if there's a power outage and your battery charger need electricity!