LED lighting fixtures for emergency lighting

In case of emergencies, it plays a significant role in ensuring people's safety emergency lighting… Its main function is to provide the possibility of evacuating people in the event of a stoppage of standard lighting. The question of organizing reliable backup emergency lighting is particularly relevant in most public and industrial premises.

Such premises include: hospitals, office buildings, industrial and commercial facilities, schools, kindergartens, airports, railway stations, sports complexes, etc.

According to the regulations, every public space should be equipped with emergency lighting fixtures to avoid the victims of various threats, be it fire, flood, dangerous leakage, etc.

The main element of such a system, as a rule, is an LED lamp for emergency lighting. It is a lighting device based on several bright LEDs, with a built-in or remote power supply that is connected to a battery.Sometimes there are also emergency lighting systems where they are all powered by one backup power source, for example, a powerful diesel generator that provides backup power for the entire building.

However, the most popular now are stand-alone rechargeable LED lamps due to their availability, economy and durability. These fixtures are great for emergency lighting needs.

Battery LED lighting fixtures are of two types: permanent and non-permanent. The permanent lamp is always on, because it is connected to the centralized electrical network, and during its operation, the built-in battery is constantly kept in a charged state in the event of a sudden power failure. And in the event of an emergency, if the mains power suddenly disappears, such a lamp will automatically switch to autonomous power from the built-in battery.

Autonomous work must be ensured for at least one hour. The intermittent light fixture only turns on when the power is interrupted and also uses the energy of the built-in battery.

There are often lighting fixtures that combine both types, as a special switch allows you to choose the desired mode: permanent or non-permanent. An example of a modern model of such a lighting fixture is the ELP-57-A-LED, which uses a 3.7-volt lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 2000 milliamp-hours, capable of powering the lighting fixture autonomously for three hours.

Emergency LED lighting can be used in a variety of ways. First of all, building evacuation lighting must always be provided.

Evacuation lighting includes: signs on each door intended for emergency exit; lighting of stairs, corridor turns and their intersections; ignition of each fire alarm button and each fire-fighting device; lighting of evacuation tunnels.

Next in importance, requiring the need for emergency lighting, are the spheres of important labor activity of a person, in which it is extremely undesirable to stop the process.

These activities include: complex surgery, transport management, emergency services and power system management.

Adequate emergency lighting is also required in hazardous industrial areas where there is a risk of injury or death due to interruption of regular lighting.