How often do we need to certify emergency lighting?

[AnthonyB]

Generally yes. A photoluminescent way guidance system can be a useful alternative, but only if done correctly (which is quite costly) and to ensure the material is 'charged' so it glows at full intensity for the required period you would need to leave your normal lighting on most of not all the time, so in the end the low consumption LED emergency lighting may work out cheaper in the longer term.

If you want to seriously investigate the way guidance option contact https://jalite.com/safety_signs_means_of_escape who will put you in touch with a suitably trained and experienced distributor who can carry out a survey for you.

[Guest Natse]

On 28/09/2012 at 17:44, Tom Sutton said:

You are not required to do a 6 monthly test, daily monthly and annually who ever told you ask them to check the latest British Standard, BS EN 50172:2004 BS 5266-8:2004.

 

Check out http://www.firesafe....gency-lighting/

For how meny monts should be valid the emergency light and the fire sistem alarm certificate

[AnthonyB]

On 17/07/2021 at 13:36, Guest Natse said:

For how meny monts should be valid the emergency light and the fire sistem alarm certificate

Fire Alarm: 6 monthly with weekly call point testing

Emergency Lighting: 12 monthly with monthly function testing

[Guest fred]

• im a sparky testthe em lights on a monthly bases at the end of the year do they need a cert an can i issue one or just need to keep a record 

 

[green-foam]

Don't know about cert, but do you test them (once a year) for a full 3 hours?

[AnthonyB]

On 14/04/2023 at 11:08, Guest fred said:

• im a sparky testthe em lights on a monthly bases at the end of the year do they need a cert an can i issue one or just need to keep a record 

 

They need an annual full rated duration test before the question of certification even crops up, monthly function testing is not sufficient. The Responsible Person needs to be able to prove they have a suitable system of maintenance - some may feel a log book entry for the annual test will suffice, many would expect a certificate (especially if using a third party) for which model examples are available in BS5266 and template certificates available for use from the main electrical trade associations