Hi guys
We have being asked to install some emergency lighting at a 3 storey HMO, the lighting has being designed and it’s basically being designed to include an emergency lights on each landing and one on the stairs with relevant signs to indicate stair level changes, the ground floor has 3...
Ok so i dont have a copy of bs 5266 so hopefully someone here has a good all round knowledge. Emergency lighting in a high risk fire industrial building (saw mill) do all emergency lights leading to an escape need to be maintained? A lot of ours on site are non maintained a mix of both (previous...
Hi, I’m a bit new to this and I understand how to wire thru a grid key switch for emergency lighting but could someone please explain or show a small drawing how to wire with a key switch so when the key switch is toggled, the lights stay in and only turns off the emergency lights please
Wiring led light straight to switch use only disconnecting sensor switch please?
need advise to wire this light as per pictures attached. There are 4 in cables not sure how to do it?
Please see other pictures and let me know what I can do please
Thanks
I live in a three-room condo in Thailand (220v 50 Hz). Our building has a large emergency generator for power outages and I have tapped into the feed via the hall lights (it's meant to only feed common areas). During outages, I have been running extension cords around my living room...
Can 2 separate circuits be used for an emergency light, one for the switch leg and the other for the constant power for the battery, or does it have to be the same circuit?
I have just started installing temporary emergency lights for a fire alarm company i work for i am an electrician qualified to the 18th edition i do not currently do testing and inspection looking at doing this in a few months. Just looking for some advice and information about the testing of...
I have a boiler with a 20amp disconnect switch. The owner wants to add 2 mushroom head E-stops. If there is no e-stop terminals in the boilers control panel whats the best way going about this?
Can you use an existing lighting circuit (one switch operating one light fitting using twin & earth) to replace with maintained emergency lighting fitting with microwave sensor? The idea being that the switch becomes redundant due to the sensor, but can be used for the emergency switch test plate.
Hi All,
Looking for some advice, I have been issued a drawing of a large warehouse lighting layout. the drawing shows 72 high bay lights including 29 self contained emergencies. The specification from the manufacture details that the Protective device must be a C16 and a maximum of 3 lights...
Went to a job this afternoon where customer had carried out emergency lighting test and the key switch wasn’t killing the feed. Found jb where switch broke the feed, or was supposed to and all looked ok except continuity across feed and switched feed regardless of what position key switch was...
Hi I have been asked to help with a temporary supply to a takeaway shop that has no electric meter.
I am thinking of Hiring a 10KVa generator to provide the supply but have never dealt with a job like this before.
Would love some opinions and guidance right now, would be much appreciated...
Morning Gentlemen
Question we are replacing a consumer unit for a landlord and he's been advised by another company to fit
EI164RC smoke alarms and the wireless bases, but I've been told these are being discontinued so we are fitting the AICO EI3024 MULTI-SENSOR FIRE ALARM with the smartlink...
Ok I have a confusing situation regarding some Emergency lighting. I have a string of 2D 28w lights in a ward corridor at an nhs unit which are switched from a nursing station with a key switch next to them. It appears that the key switch only breaks the permanent feed to the Emergency fittings...
Hi
I'm not stupid got 93% on 18th Regs, passed all my exams easily, have a degree in Foreign Languages, used to be a teacher (God help me, don't ask) but Emergency lights confuse the hell out of me. I can't remember the difference between NM & M, switched and unswitched. Was replacing several...
Hi there,
I was wondering if someone could help me out with this. How would you go about operating normal lights with a maintained fitting ? eg, one maintained bulkhead and 4 Downlight's. A key switch with a separate 1 gang light switch next to it. The light switch to operate the bulkhead and...
This question comes about through a query from my mother.
Her church has been closed, rightly so, for the past 6 weeks. She pops in for cleaning etc. She has noticed that the electric meter has gone up roughly 12 units each week.
Without taking a special trip over, I’ve tried asking her what...
I'm looking at arrangements for lighting in a small room. It needs a decent level of low-shadow light when occupied, but as windows are usually shuttered it also need to have emergency lighting in case of a fault (not for long though, 30 min is plenty of time to fix or leave).
My initial idea...
I have cancelled all my jobs, but I conduct monthly light checks on blocks of flats, so I am planning on still doing them because I don't have to be inside peoples homes or near them (at least 2 metre separation).
Would others also consider emergency light checks to be essential works?
These Official Forum Sponsors May Provide Discounts to Regular Forum Members - If you would like to sponsor us then CLICK HERE and post a thread with who you are, and we'll send you some stats etc