All Emergency Lighting

Yes, if you have a maintained emergency light fitting, it is possible to install the unit as non-maintained. During installation, the "link wire" would need to be removed. We strongly recommend that emergency lights are installed by an electrician.

Emergency lights should be installed by a qualified electrician and can usually be either ceiling or wall mounted.

The lights are connected to the buildings mains power circuits which keeps the backup battery charged. In the event of a power failure the emergency light will continue to operate under the power of the back-up battery.

Emergency lights are usually installed with a test switch (fish key switch) on their circuit which allows them to be tested by interrupting the mains power supply to the lights only.

An emergency luminaire is the technical term for an emergency light which is designed to illuminate escape areas in a mains power failure. It includes the lamp or lamps, plus all fixings, and connective and protective elements.

IP ratings are used as a measure of how well electrical equipment, such as an emergency light or fire exit sign, can resist dust particles and water.

IP stands for "ingress protection", and the two digits indicate the following:

• First digit: level of protection against solids (intrusion protection)
• Second digit: level of protection against liquids (moisture protection)

With 0 meaning no protection and 6 being the highest level of protection.

For example, if an emergency light or fire exit sign is rated IP54, it is protected against dust and water sprayed from any direction.