Emergency & Exit Light Installation, Service & Maintenance

‘Emergency lighting’ has an internal battery that provides illumination even when mains power is out and includes emergency escape lighting and illuminated emergency exit signs to provide safe egress from a building.

Installed to 2293.1-2018

Key points to ensure a compliant installation.

Exit Signs

Section E4.5 of the Building Code ‘Exit Signs’ requires that an exit sign:

• Must be clearly visible to persons approaching the exit.
• Must be installed on, above or adjacent to each door providing direct egress from a storey to an enclosed or external stairway, passageway or ramp serving as a required exit; and on, above or adjacent to a door to an external access balcony leading to a required exit.
• Must be positioned above or adjacent to each door from an enclosed stairway, passageway or ramp at every level of discharge to a road or open space.
• Must be at any door serving as, or forming part of, a required exit in a storey required to be provided with emergency lighting in accordance with section E4.2 of the building code, which sets out requirements for emergency lighting.

Emergency Lighting

• If the exit from any room does not open onto a space which has adequate natural light in the event of an emergency, then emergency lighting would be required.
• Emergency lighting & exit signs shall be connected to a dedicated circuit.

Maintained to 2293.2-2019

Standards require emergency and exit lighting to be tested for the following:

• Identify type of emergency light.
• Maintained - a maintained emergency light is continuously on and when the power fails it switches to a battery powered emergency output.
• Non-maintained - a non-maintained emergency light is not normally lit and activates only when the power fails.
• Sustained - a sustained emergency light has two lamps: one lamp is powered by the 240V mains and the other lamp is activated only when the power fails.
• Check all lighting is operational under mains power.
• 90 minute mains power loss test.
• Identify any battery powered globe failures.
• Identify any emergency lighting that fails to operate for less than 90 minutes.
• Clean luminary on 12 monthly test.

Frequency is 6 monthly and 12 monthly.

Our experienced technicians will test your system in accordance with standards, fill out the log book and report any defects.

Contact us today to discuss your emergency lighting and exit sign requirements.