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Could someone please clarify the following,
Is the certification of emergency lighting by an electrician required annually, or only at the point of installation/modification?
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You should do a full duration test once a year to make sure the luminaire will run for its full 3 hours (or rated duration). You don't need to be an electrician to do this.
It's best to stagger your testing over a period of time rather than trying to test everything at once. Sods law could kick in and you might have a power failure just when all your batteries are flat from the test!
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johnmann wrote:You should do a full duration test once a year to make sure the luminaire will run for its full 3 hours (or rated duration). You don't need to be an electrician to do this.
It's best to stagger your testing over a period of time rather than trying to test everything at once. Sods law could kick in and you might have a power failure just when all your batteries are flat from the test! Which is why it's advisble to conduct EL testing during daylight hours, ideally in the morning so if such a faliure occurrs, you're not left in darkness! We get a contractor to complete full depletion tests, but they don't just confirm that this occurs, they look at the installation etc as well (I believe there is a standised 3 page or so "EL test report? which has about 20 checks that are either satisfactory or not).
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My question is really, do you need an electrician to certify your emergency lighting to BS5266 every year?
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I've never heard of doing such a thing. If it was installed to that standard and there haven't been alterations since, how could it now not be to that standard?
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paul-ps wrote:My question is really, do you need an electrician to certify your emergency lighting to BS5266 every year? There is no strict legal requirement to do so (as far as I'm aware) howevevEr it may be an insurance requirement (and I'm sure it's deemed "best practice" (or is that good practice, or even compliance?!!!)). I've checked and the "checklist" I referred to above is exactly what you state, confirming compliance to BS5266, this is an annual reinspection (starting on the 3rd year after isntallation) and we are requried to complete this as part of insurance policy. Kate wrote:I've never heard of doing such a thing. If it was installed to that standard and there haven't been alterations since, how could it now not be to that standard? It's quite a common practice in my industry at least (retail). I don't know of a major that doesn't have this BS audit carried out annually (usually by a contractor - like we do).
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