# Power cut toolbox: torch, light and texts

> Free tools on one page for a power cut: switch on your phone's torch, turn the screen into a light, check the battery, text family that you are OK and dial 105 or 999.

- Canonical URL: https://powercutkit.co.uk/power-cut-toolbox/
- Source: [UK government, Be Ready: be ready for emergencies](https://beready.campaign.gov.uk/be-ready-for-emergencies/)
- Checked: 2026-10-25

This page includes a free interactive tool that runs in the browser and sends no data. The figures and rules it uses are the ones stated on this page, with their sources.

## What is in the toolbox

- **Phone torch:** one button switches on your phone's torch on Android phones using Chrome. The phone asks for camera permission because that is how a web page reaches the torch; nothing is recorded or sent.
- **Screen light:** fills the screen with white light, or a softer red for night, and keeps the screen awake. It works on every phone, including iPhones.
- **Battery:** shows your battery level where the browser allows it, with the steps that make it last longer.
- **"I'm OK" text:** opens your messages app with a ready-made text, and your location if you choose. Text messages often get through when calls and mobile data are struggling.
- **Quick dial:** 999, 105 for power cuts (03457 643643 in Northern Ireland), the gas emergency numbers and NHS 111.

## Use it without internet

Open this page once while you have a connection and add it to your home screen. It then opens and works without internet, like an app.

## Your privacy

The torch, light and battery check run entirely on your phone. Your location is only read if you tick the box, and only goes into a text you send yourself.

## It does not replace the kit

A phone torch drains the battery quickly. Keep a real torch, a battery or wind-up radio and a charged power bank, as the [three-day kit list](https://powercutkit.co.uk/three-day-emergency-kit/) and the government's Be Ready checklist ask ([gov.uk](https://beready.campaign.gov.uk/be-ready-for-emergencies/)).

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