Automatic Emergency Light Testing

Icel believes that automatic test systems ats are the best way of ensuring compliance with the required periodic testing and maintenance requirements.

Automatic emergency light testing. These test results must still be recorded and collated along with the commissioning. Emergency lighting should be tested and reviewed by qualified technicians who have a thorough understanding of uk emergency lighting regulations. If the costs of an engineer s time and the disruption caused by manual testing are excessive self testing emergency lighting should be considered. However the results of the monthly and annual tests must still be recorded.

Too many fms would say it has been longer than a month a risky answer. The self testing emergency light is an affordable reliable and cost effective solution that performs all osha required tests automatically. Different formats are available to match particular site requirements. An automatic emergency lighting testing system will automatically interrupt the mains power supply to a luminaire or a group of luminaires and detect that the emergency luminaire operates correct and upon reinstating the mains power supply it will ensure that the battery charges.

Notify occupants about emergency light testing. A typical emergency light testing procedure is conducted as follows. Emergency lighting including exit signage is subject to a 30 second test every month and an annual 90 minute test to ensure that the system will function correctly in the event of an emergency. The first step of the test is to ensure occupants are made aware of upcoming darkness simulation to avoid panic and injuries.

Automatic testing of emergency lighting is the best way to meet fire safety order obligations and it will reduce the burden of testing emergency lighting installations. The results are displayed constantly by a series of led lights on the side of the unit just walk by and observe the functional status of the fixture it s that easy.