Failure of emergency lighting

[RobHol]

Gents,

What is your view from this this clause from BS5266?

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]

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]

Unfortunately it is a requirement.

 

[RobHol]

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

 

[westward10]

The requirement is a relatively new inclusion so there will be many installations which do not comply.

 

[RobHol]

The requirement is a relatively new inclusion so there will be many installations which do not comply.

Thanks Westward, do you know when this was brought in? As with numerous updates the wording does not seem practical to certain areas of design