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I had a thought of adding a green and red led to mcb's and rcbo's to be able to determine which has tripped in the event of having no lighting or other power, like so

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if this is possible it would also help the elderly or people with limited sight
 
Get one of those battery operated round lights next to the board, you press them and the light comes on, I'm sure they do rechargeable ones.

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Or what about those stickers that glow in the dark, a red one and a green one, stick those on the MCB's to cover the on/off labels, they glow really nicely without any power but only for a while.
 
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