The light is great for edge lighting in theaters, auditoriums ,aquariums and planetariums. Perfect for cat-walks and access ladders. You can run sixty feet off a battery- a stock item. In addition, Live Wire is perfect to use to mark the edge of open excavations at constrution sites and in mining. . Live Wire can run directly from standard electricity 110/60 htz and can range from as short as an inch to a length of 800 feet (resistors and fuses are essential) call to order. The power it takes to light a 100 watt light bulb can run Live Wire lit through ten football fields. At the 110/60 hertz level the wire has a life of at least 25,000 hours. Live Wire uses less than 0.1mAmps per foot.