emergency lighting

[alphaalarms]

hi, iv just won a contract to service intruder/fire/e-m and pat testing,the systems are all in the same building!
could anyone tell me how long you need to test e-m's for? also in a public place is it like fire, every 6 month or the standard 12 month?
many thanks

 

[Steve]

We test our own EM lights every week. The staff at the building should have their own testing procedures in place for the fire and EMs, AFAIK, though i suppose other companies do it differently.

 

[Pensdown]

As Crafty has said, there are daily weekly, monthly, bi-annual, yearly and 3 yearly tests.

If you have just won a contract I suggest you get yourself a copy of BS-5266 and all will become clear.

 

[Steve]

Forgot to mention, we also test the fire alarms weekly, and obviously a company comes to do "proper and thorough" testing on both systems every year (smokes, batteries, heats, glass call points) And if we ask him nicely, he leaves us a little screwdriver and a set of spare glasses for the call points

 

[RF Lighting]

The standard EM test wo do on the sites we provide maintanence to is

Functional test every week.
1 hour discharge every 13 weeks.
3 hour discharge every 12 months.

 

[Steve]

What do you do for 3 hours while you're waiting then Rob?

 

[RF Lighting]

Tea,
Daily star,
more tea,
Sun,
tea and sandwiches
crossword,
more tea,
sudoku
more tea..........etc

 

[alphaalarms]

cheers rob! i now understand....
the 3 hours will be great for the intruder/fire alarm service and the pat testing.....
thank you