emergency lighting certificate

[stilllearning]

Filling out a emergency lighting periodic inspection and testing certificate stuck on section I categories of operation for emergency lighting system what do I put here any help welcome !

 

[Farmelectrics]

monthly check 12 month 3 hour test

 

[stilllearning]

So it wants to know what test was put on the emergency lighting ?

 

[Welchyboy1]

Different systems have different duration requirements dependant on environments, its all in your copy of bs5266

 

[tazz]

Suggest you obtain a copy of the BS 5266 before conducting life saving tests.
In this nice book you will find the following.....

Type:
X self-contained;
Y central supply;

b) Mode of operation:
0 non-maintained;
1 maintained;
2 combined non-maintained;
3 combined maintained;
4 compound non-maintained;
5 compound maintained;
6 satellite;

c) Facilities:
A including test device;
B including remote rest mode;
C including inhibiting mode;
D high risk task area luminaire;

d) Duration of emergency mode (in minutes) for a self-contained system:
60.............1 h duration;
120............2 h duration;
180............3 h duration.

 

[stilllearning]

It's in an industrial storage unit with offices have conducted a 3 hour test

 

[tazz]

The on the certificate, in section Categories of operation......fill out sections as per my previous post section Type, Mode, Facilities, Duration.

 

[davesparks]

Has your employer not given you any training in this?

 

[Engineer54]

What i'd like to know, is why an apprentice conducting life saving tests in the first place?? Couple that, with doing so without the appropriate BS to hand and something is telling me something is very wrong here!!!

 

[tazz]

So many facility companies popping up offering to maintain business premises, especially care homes. They expect their staff cover plumbing, electrical, fire, em lighting and nurse call systems etc......But these poor guys turn up with no test equipment and no spare parts, so they charge a return visit when part arrives.