ACFT LOSS OF ELECTRICAL PWR.

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WHILE FLYING FROM GSO TO PGV I LOST ALL ELECTRICAL PWR APPROX 30 MINS INTO A 1 HR FLT. AFTER PASSING RDU I HAD CANCELED MY IFR FLT PLAN AND I TURNED OFF ALL UNNECESSARY EQUIP. I ONLY LEFT ON THE XPONDER. WHEN I WAS APPROX 8 MI FROM MY DEST (PGV) I TURNED ON 1 COM RADIO; I LISTENED ON THAT RADIO USING MY HEADSET AND XMITTED WITH MY HANDHELD RADIO. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR THERE WASN'T ENOUGH PWR TO DO THAT. I USED THE EMER GEAR EXTENSION SWITCH AND COULD FEEL THE GEAR EXTEND. I CALLED UNICOM TO ASK FOR VISUAL CONFIRMATION AS I FLEW OVER. I HAD NO LIGHTS. THE ARPT DEPLOYED THE FIRE TRUCKS AND CRASH CREW. THEY CONFIRMED THE APPEARANCE OF DOWN AND LOCKED GEAR. I CIRCLED AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. I NORMALLY FLY MY OWN BARON; WHICH IS IN THE SHOP. I RENTED THE ARROW FROM THE LCL FBO. IN MY PLANE OR ONE THAT I AM MORE FAMILIAR WITH I WOULD HAVE DETECTED THE PWR FAILURE MUCH SOONER. THIS WOULD NOT HAVE CHANGED THE OUTCOME SIGNIFICANTLY I FEEL BECAUSE I REMAINED CALM; COLLECTED MY THOUGHTS AND REMEMBERED TO ALWAYS FLY THE AIRPLANE!