Failure of emergency lighting

RobHol · Aug 15, 2023

Gents,

What is your view from this this clause from BS5266?

[ElectriciansForums.net] Failure of emergency lighting

If you have a lobby with that is part of an escape route that has one fitting, I have never seen an additional fitting being added to satisfy this clause. Even in rooms with two fittings, I have rarely seen both being used as emergency versions??

nicebutdim · Aug 15, 2023

Wouldn't it be usual in such circumstances to have one emergency fitting and an exit box which provides the second point of illumination?

westward10 · Aug 15, 2023

Unfortunately it is a requirement.

RobHol · Aug 17, 2023

Dees this not have to be looked at in a practical sense? If you have an intermediate escape route lobby 3/4sqm with one light where the entrance door hasn't even closed by the time you open the exit door, putting another emergency light/ exit light here is excessive.

Also a storage/plant room that is 4/5sqm with one fitting? I have never seen an additional emergency fitting put in these rooms