X1 X3 X5 TEST FISH KEY FOR SECRET EMERGENCY LIGHT GRID SWITCHES REPLACEMENT (3) by ToolsOnline

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Be very careful when touching anything inside the electrical consumer box, there is a danger of electrocution if something is wrong. If in doubt seek a qualified electrician ** What time of day should I test the emergency lights An emergency log book is required to keep a record of all the testing, maintenance, and servicing carried out on an emergency lighting system. It is a legal requirement to keep an emergency log book for each building that has an emergency lighting system installed. An Emergency Lighting Certificate is a document that certifies that the emergency lighting system in a building has been installed, tested and commissioned in accordance with the relevant regulations and standards. The certificate is issued by a qualified electrician or contractor who has carried out the installation and testing of the emergency lighting system. Non-domestic properties have a statutory responsibility to supply, test, and maintain emergency lighting systems. The reason for the regulations is to promote safety should the power supply go down for any reason. In such an event, emergency lighting provides illumination for safe evacuation or manoeuvre around the building’s interior. It can also support operational continuity in some contexts.

First floor has a conference room, dining area, servery and kitchen with adjourning conveniences, 11 rooms (classroom or meeting/training rooms), 5 office rooms and 3 sets of conveniences. There are different ways to test emergency lighting in the UK, depending on the type of emergency lighting system and the requirements of the relevant regulations and standards. However, the following is a general procedure for testing emergency lighting: Now the refurbishment on the ground floor seems to be wired up in the 'new' way - does not extinguish power to mains. The kind of emergency lighting system your building requires depends on the nature of your business. For example, the emergency lighting system is not always required to provide light at the same intensity as the mains (however, it should be bright enough for safe evacuation). By working with the qualified engineers at Voltix Services , system designs and the ideal testing regime are all part of our compliance services . There are different types of emergency lighting; it can be maintained, non-maintained, or combined. Often there are choices with how long they remain on after a power failure. Maintained Emergency LightingDetails of the testing and commissioning carried out on the emergency lighting system, including dates and the results of the tests. Our experienced testers conduct over 14,000 emergency lighting tests every year in properties across the country. They test and inspect all units to ensure they’re functioning correctly. Yes and no. If it is a small building and all the emergency lights are on one circuit, then yes, you have no choice. However if it is a large building then it would make sense to stagger the testing. This way the whole building would not be affected if there was a power cut, during the recharge time. Testing Central Battery Systems

Is your building permanently used E.G. Hotels, then you need to test the lights so that the end of the test corresponds to the start of day. In this way the emergency lights will have a good time to recharge during daylight hours. Natural daylight will help if the emergency lights don’t last 3 hours. Should I test ALL emergency lights at once? Carry out a full discharge test of the emergency lights to ensure that they remain illuminated for the required duration (usually 1-3 hours). At the moment the only areas in use are reception and workshops/classrooms on ground floor (which are the areas refurbed).After this full discharge test, precautions must be taken as the batteries can take up to 24 hours to recharge and so the premises should not be occupied until everything is restored. For many buildings it is possible to do this over the weekend, but for flats and other premises which are occupied full time, there will need to be other arrangements whilst the batteries are recharging. The team here at Fire Trade Supplies have assembled a collection of Fish Key Emergency Lighting including F9099 grid keys (PK6), Multi-EL (3 pairs of assorted EL keys), EL key - crabtree style (PK6) as well as many more combinations which can all be found in our store. UK fire regulations stipulate that your emergency lights should be turned on and off monthly to test them and have a full service once a year. The latest British Standard recommends that you have a 3 hour emergency lighting test once a year, during which your main light circuit should be switched off and your emergency lights left on for a 3 hour period to find out of any batteries need replacing. How can Equiptest help me? These professionals can advise on the steps that need to be taken to determine the extent and details of the emergency lighting system within a particular building. We also offer a number of additional services which are available alongside our regular monthly emergency lighting or weekly fire alarm tests.

In my humble opinion the switch should be of "simulation" status IE cutting power (as it would if in a power cut, fire, etc.) and illuminating EL only. This performs the same function as a key-switch, isolating the fitting from its permanent live supply and thereby simulating a power failure. UK fire safety legislation states that emergency lighting is required in buildings to provide light if normal lighting fails during a fire. Sometimes there isn’t a test key switch. If not then you have to find the consumer unit and turn off the power to the whole circuit that controls the emergency lights. Hopefully it will be marked which one it is, but it could be more than one circuit. Details of the emergency lighting system, including its location, components, and the type of system installed.

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Yes if you are testing/servicing on the discharge test then no lights would be a problem for persons working in those areas and so this would need doing when unoccupied - so I can see the logic behind the key switches not shutting off power - but that would only be for green LEDs and not red LEDs that would be difficult to visually see - similar if 3 tube lighting is working and one of the tubes is the EL light you wouldn't know if that EL unit was working if the main lights are still being powered... It's swings and roundabouts in the building as some areas the key switch shuts off the power to the lights (per room, location) and illuminates the EL. The new refurbished areas the key switch does not cut power to the lights, and with some EL units being part of the main lights this poses a problem to actually see if they are working or not. Yes they have green LEDs in them but you have to look closely to see if they are actually coming on as required.