On the thread http://www.electronicslab.ph/forum/index.php?topic=976.0 entitled “How many amps can the telephone line supply?”. It was demonstrated by our member “Born2BeWired” that we can actually use the phone line as a power source for LEDs. The telephone company has an independent power source which in most cases more reliable than our power company. This is specially true when we are talking about electric cooperatives operating in the province. Just in case we have brownouts, we could take advantage of the electric current supplied by the phone company and use it to power our white LEDs.

Here are the pictures and schematics: