Maintained Or Non Maintained Emergency Lighting Regulations

There are basically two types of emergency lighting systems.

Maintained or non maintained emergency lighting regulations.

In maintained systems individual luminaries each incorporate a battery that is charged from the mains lighting supply. Non maintained lights are typically found in the work place where artificial lighting is normally deployed whilst the premises are occupied. Non maintained emergency lighting is a luminaire made solely for emergency use. Maintained and non maintained.

A non maintained emergency light will only illuminate when there is a power cut. For non residential premises used for recreation such as theatres cinemas concert halls exhibition halls sports halls public houses and restaurants and where the normal lighting might be dimmed or turned off a maintained or combined emergency escape lighting system should be installed. This will be a dedicated emergency light and cannot be used for normal room lighting. This is a luminaire whose lamps only come on when the power supply to the lighting fails.

Non maintained emergency lighting is designed to turn on in the event of a power failure. The classification of maintained and non maintained mode of operation can be. The x dsa is a mini non maintained emergency light that will only come on in a mains failure. Escape lighting should comply with the appropriate recommendations of bs 5266.