Preparing your home for backup power scenarios

Preparing for an outage

A good backup power strategy starts not with the battery, but with your home layout and the decisions you make about what really matters during an outage.

Step 1: Define your priorities

• Communication: modem, router, phone chargers.
• Safety: basic lighting, smoke detectors, possibly CCTV.
• Comfort: fridge, freezer, basic heating or a small heater.

Step 2: Map your circuits

• Have an electrician map which circuits you’d want on backup.
• Clearly distinguish critical from non-critical loads.

Step 3: Create a profile in Leafy Energy

1. Open the Backup profiles section in Leafy Energy.
2. Create a new profile, such as “Essentials only” or “Home office + cooling”.
3. Attach the selected devices/circuits and configure a minimum reserve level.

In demos you can turn these steps into a visual checklist with icons for each type of load, making it obvious which choices users need to make.