Exit & Emergency Lighting Melbourne

emergency light inspection
Exit and Emergency Lighting inspection and maintenance

Because it is legally your duty of care to ensure all Emergency Exit Lights work adequately in a power outage for all Class 2 to Class 9 buildings. This enables people quick and safe passage out of the building. Emergency situations are rare occurrences however if you fail to meet your duty and don’t get them tested they may fail in an emergency situation and you could be liable.

The Australian Standard AS/NZS 2293.2 1995 states that Exit & Emergency lighting must be tested in accordance to the procedures described in clauses 3.2.2 and 3.2.3, and not exceed intervals greater than specified, which is 6 months and 12 months.

The Australian Standards indicates that for all Class 2 to Class 9 buildings there is a legal Duty of Care to ensure all Emergency Exit Lights work adequately in a power outage or other emergency to enable people quick and safe passage out of the building.

The Standard instructs that all Emergency evacuation lighting systems shall be inspected and maintained in accordance with the relevant procedures specified in the Standard,

The testing ensures that the Exit and Emergency lights maintain their charge for 90 minutes during a blackout or emergency situation such as a fire.

Testing is required every 6 months. As per the standard, testing must not exceed 6 and 12 months intervals. There are certain procedures to be completed every 6 months and additioanl requirements to be completed every 12 months, see details listed below.

The Standard instructs that the inspection and maintenance procedures shall be carried out only by persons having qualifications, and experience suitable for this type of Work.

We are licensed technicians and eligible to carry out the testing requirements.

Routine maintenance records are to be kept in an on-site hard copy log book, all testings and failures are to be reported

This log book must state the technicians name and date of works.

Should you be subject to an inspection from the governing body they may require to view the log book, this is why it is important to keep the book on site easily located.

Six monthly procedure
  • Visual checks for mains operation of all Emergency and Exit lights
  • Visual checks for blackening of tubular fluorescent lams, lamps to be replaced if they exhibit excessive end blackening.
  • Replace all faulty lamps where required

Where manual discharge test facilities are provided

  • Discharge test, operating the emergency luminaries and exit signs from their battery supply by simulating failure of the monitored supply. The signs shall remain illuminated for not less than 90 minutes.
  • Restore the emergency luminaries and exit signs to normal condition and check that the operation indicator functions correctly.

Where Automatic discharge test facilities are provided

  • a visual check shall be made of the operational status of each unit either by means of the controller or indicator panel where centralised testing facilities are provided.

Those units which failed the previous discharge test shall be either repaired and restored to normal condition, or replaced.

Additional Check for indirect lighting systems

  • Check the finishes of major reflecting surfaces have reflectance’s of not less than those on which the design of the system was based.
  • Check emergency luminaries of the directional beam type, if used, are aimed in such a manner that the beam will not be directed into the eyes of persons moving through the designated area.
Twelve monthly procedure
  • Carry out all checks listed as per the six-monthly procedure
  • Clean all light fittings and reflecting surfaces
  • Visual checks to ensure the emergency luminaries operate in correct relationship to the normal lighting in the designated area.
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Blaice Farren
Blaice Farren
05:54 16 Dec 22
When I first moved into my house, I had some basic works done (new GPOs, data point, TV hang etc.). A year later, I... called these guys back for a full electrical rough-in and fit-off of a garage-to-home business conversion (pics don't really do the scope justice, but you get the idea). The quality, punctuality, and responsivity were all of the same high standard I'd experienced earlier. Nothing had changed. Surprising, since typically when smaller companies get bigger, they drop the ball on all this stuff. Not Dean and his crew. These guys epitomise the "no job too big or small" catchline. Call them. Shout-out to Ryan for his eclectic music playlist. Cheers champion.read more
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11:01 22 Nov 22
I was recommended Direct Point Electrical by my partner who also used them for some work at his house. I contacted them... with the work I wanted performed, a fan to be installed under my alfresco and two heat lamps for my bathrooms. They came back to me with a quote and I requested if these items could be installed before Christmas. It was no trouble at all. After accepting the quote Dean came back to me with an installation day for the following week. Today Ryan turned up at 7am very prompt, courteous and introduced himself. Showed him where everything needed to go and he set about doing his work. Extremely efficient, very clean worker tidied up after all the work he did. Great work Ryan! A very happy customer and thank you to Direct Point Electrical for your prompt service. Highly recommend them!read more
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Alejandro Gordon Blasini
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Professional & Reliable. Delivered as discussed. Would use again
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Brandon Vangunste
23:03 02 Nov 21
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22:07 27 Oct 21
Very happy with the service Direct Point Electrical offered. They gave us a time and they were there at the time they... said they would be. Ryan was very polite and knew exactly what had to be done. The job was finished with a minimum of fuss and he left our kitchen area very clean. Great to see him using Drop sheets to protect our kitchen benches from dust. Overall, very happy with the finished lights they installed and very happy with the price. I would thoroughly recommend direct point to anybody with electrical needsread more
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Shaddy Sadaka
09:59 27 Sep 20
Great service, same day callout. Got the job done and even cleaned up after himself. Would highly recommend Dean.
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04:47 24 Jul 20
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