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  1. L

    Emergency lighting fault

    Hi All, New to the forum and was seeking some advice. I have arrived at a site to complete yearly 3 hour emgencey lighting test. Once completed I switched the power back on and half the emergency lamps haven't turned back on. When you turn the power off, the lamp lights up in emergency mode...
  2. L

    Help: Wiring up emergency lighting

    Trying to wire up emergency lighting, for some reason, this doesn't turn on at all, even when power is isolated it does not come on, so ive added pictures to see if wiring and everything is correct, tested to ensure there was power coming in when CB was on, and that there was none when it was...
  3. dinger809

    Emergency lighting wiring

    Good morning people. Just been having a "chat" with another sparks on site regarding core usage of three core for emergency lighting. I have always (and everyone I know) has used brown as switch line and black as permanent. He has wired a whole floor of a care home opposite to me. Your views as...
  4. dlt27

    3 Storey HMO fire alarm and emergency lighting.

    Any info would be greatly appreciated. I have just rewired a HMO and have now been asked to do fire alarm and emergency lighting. I have wired both when working for previous company, but always followed drawings and never had anything to do with design. I started it today and after a bit of...
  5. Dannyg8810

    Annual emergency lighting 3hr discharge test

    Once completing a annual emg lighting test is it a requirement to complete a cert or can this just be logged in an onsite ppm folder? Thanks
  6. SparkyChick

    Emergency Lighting Repair

    Hi all, This is kind of prompted by the existing emergency lighting thread, but is subtly different. I do some work for a charity in Cardiff and on my last visit I was asked to investigate the failure of a light in a toilet. Turns out, it's an emergency luminaire that uses a couple of CFL...
  7. J

    Emergency lighting help

    Good afternoon, yesterday we had a power cut in our care home, 2 emergency lights did not kick in. They kick in on the key flick test which i do every month but they do not kick in when i switch off the MCB in the consumer unit. We have just had new batteries put in and they are fully charged...
  8. K

    Emergency lighting - Borrowed Light

    Hi all, I am currently looking at emergency lighting requirements for a church. The main body of the Church has windows all around with huge Stained glass Window above the Altar. These windows let in a huge amount of light, even at night time. My questions is this - can I factor in ambient...
  9. A

    Question regarding the installation of Non-Maintaned Emergency Lighting

    Hello. I am required to produce a design for an electrical installation of a proposed Community Centre, and I am having some problems determining a workable method of connecting of the Non-Maintained Emergency Lighting, which is provided using battery packs to be incorporated into the relevant...
  10. F

    Is a keyswitch required for HMO emergency lighting?

    Hi all, I'm technically a 'trainee' but in a months time I will finally have all the qualifications to apply for an approved electrician jib card. The first job I will be undertaking is getting a house up to HMO requirements, which are outside the scope of bs7671 so it's all a bit alien to...
  11. MerlinGremlin

    Emergency Lighting Test Competent

    Just trying to find out if there's any legal or general requirement to be qualified to carry out Emergency Lighting Tests? This is the same for Fire Alarm servicing, as both require certificates to be issued and signed, so if something was to go wrong and it ever went to court etc would they...
  12. Mark.W

    Emergency Lighting

    Hey guys, How do you all wire your emergency lighting? Option 1. When the key switch is switched, ALL lights go off and the emergencies stay on. Option 2. The lights operate as normal when the key switch is switched but the emergencies switch to emergency mode. With option 2, am I correct...
  13. T

    emergency lighting???

    I am installing new circuits in a warehouse/unit. Starting from scratch nothing in there to speak of. 10m x 10m square and 4m going on 5m high at front end. There is supply and DB supplying lights (flours) Within that empty space an office is going be put in at circa 3.5m x/4m Square. I was...
  14. T

    NAPIT Certification Scheme Napit course on emergency lighting and fire alarm systems

    I want to get competent within BS5266 (I think!) i.e. fire alarms and emergency lighting. I am thinking of doing the Napit course. Any opinions on the best way forward on this, or Napit course?
  15. A

    Testing emergency lighting as a DI

    Hello all, As a DI, would I be able to sign off a completion certificate on emergency lighting installed in the communal hallway of a block of flats? (A dreaded HMO!) I only have access to the green forms on the NIC certification site. Would they suffice? I have been asked to install and sign...
  16. P

    Emergency lighting qualification

    Hi, Was just wondering if there is any specific qualificatuon required if I want to in install emergency lighting in a new shop? Any help would be much appreciated Peter
  17. O

    EMERGENCY LIGHTING QUESTION

    Hi guys can somebody please confirm there is no requirement to put an emergency light in an office less than 60 m3 all individual offices branch off of a main corridor which has escape lighting to above 1 LUX, client has not specified they want them ??
  18. L

    Emergency Lighting - Adding extra lights to circuit

    Hi, Hoping someone can give me some insight into emergency lighting circuits. I've never had to install an emergency lighting circuit, only testing of the circuit. We have an emergency lighting circuit in place but I've been asked to add a couple of additional emergency lights to an area that...
  19. S

    Emergency Lighting Tests - should normal lights go off?

    Hi There I work on a large Government site with 500+ emergency lights, both maintained and non-maintained. Some of the emergency lighting circuits are wired so that upon carrying out a key switch test the normal lighting goes off. But there are some emergency lights where the normal lights...
  20. S

    Emergency Lighting

    Working on an EM lighting install in an existing warehouse premises which currently has none at all. The existing general lighting is a mix of FL and discharge lighting across 7 circuits. The EM lighting being fitted is a mix of Non maintained and maintained fittings. I have been told that...

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