Emergency Lighting Solutions for Commercial Properties in Eastbourne
Did you know that it’s a requirement under RRO to have your emergency lighting tested and not a recommendation? It turns out that a lot of people don’t and we get a lot of questions from our customers regarding emergency lighting so we have decided to give you some information on what you need to know and why it’s important to regularly test your emergency lighting.
What you need to know
As a business owner, landlord or property manager, it’s important that you know about your emergency lighting as it will fall under your responsibility if an incident occurs.
According to BS5266, it is required that you have an annual 3-hour test carried out along with a 11 monthly functional tests, all of the maintenance and testing needs to be recorded in your log book.
Why you need to test it
- Test that the emergency light comes on during main power failure mode.
- Check that the charge LED’s are working after they have been tested.
- Check that they function in the area under test.
- As mentioned BS5266 requires you to have an annual 3-hour test and monthly functional testing and it must be recorded in your log book this is essential.
- To stay compliant with the regulations and follow the requirements as stated in your Fire risk assessment.
- It could affect your insurance if these inspections and certificates are not carried out and log books are required by BS5266 to prove compliance.
Emergency lighting contracts
Helping our customers that are business owners, landlords or own commercial property understand their responsibility when it comes to emergency lighting and how the reduce costs whilst being compliant by showing them how record their functional tests in their log book or when they do not have the time offer our budget friendly solutions so we do the hard work for you.
- Annual 3 hour test and certification
- Monthly functional tests and certification
- Bi-annual visits
- Estimates for any remedial repairs that come up during testing
- Emergency light contracts with reduced labour for any associated repairs & works
Additional support from Tectonic
- Check existing design for compliance
- Emergency lighting design; new or additions to an existing system
- Test existing lighting
- Repairs
- Supply emergency lighting log books
- Demo functional testing if you would like to do it yourselves monthly
- Provided technical guidance and help you meet your requirements under BS5266
- Fire alarm testing, design and commissioning
Looking for a change in how your emergency lighting is running? Get in touch with our expert electricians by calling us on 01323 644570 or pop us a message on our contact us page and get the right solution to keep your business & property compliant.
