What lamps can be used for emergency lighting

In the event of an accident, fire, terrorist attack or any other emergency situation in a certain area, it is extremely important to have emergency lighting at the facility. Schools, hospitals, commercial and office buildings, production and warehouse premises, airports and railway stations - the safety of people everywhere will be connected with emergency lighting.

So, the task emergency lighting fixtures — to become an alternative to the main lighting system, powered by its own sources of electricity that are not connected to the main wiring. Today, LED and fluorescent lighting devices are particularly common as such lighting fixtures. Although in some places you can still find incandescent lamps.

In one way or another, three types of (specialized) lighting fixtures are included in emergency lighting: backup, evacuation, and for hazardous work areas.

• Backing up will allow you to complete the workflow or continue it without significant damage.This is needed in hospital operating rooms, in emergency services, on control panels for transport and energy facilities, in large commercial, business and entertainment complexes.

• Evacuation lights are essential for the emergency evacuation of people. Such lamps are placed above doors and stairs, at the intersection of corridors, so that people in public and industrial buildings can quickly leave the dimly lit object.

• Luminaires for hazardous work areas are installed, for example, in workshops where people work surrounded by machines and machines that are potentially dangerous to personnel in the event of a sudden outage of the main light.

At least two emergency light sources should be in the same room, so that if one fails, the second will continue to work. In this case, the illumination from each emergency lighting unit must be at least 1 lux.

Due to their high energy efficiency, they are very popular today LED emergency lights with informational pictograms and signs printed on them to help people navigate in low light conditions. They are three times more economical than traditional fluorescent lamps used for this purpose, have a long service life, increased impact resistance and good contrast at long distances.

The use of incandescent lamps in emergency lighting, of course, reduces the cost of these devices, in addition, incandescent lamps are easily replaced in the event of a malfunction.But today, incandescent lamps are almost never used in the production of emergency lamps, since their service life is relatively short, and lamps for such lamps are almost impossible to find.

As for fluorescent lamps, they consume less electricity than incandescent lamps, which is why they provide a longer backup operation and can illuminate a large area. However, the ambient temperature is important for fluorescent lamps, optimally + 10 ° C.

The most economical and optimal lamps for lighting fixtures for emergency lighting are LED. Although they are more expensive and require a special power supply unit, they will quickly pay for themselves and fulfill their main task: they will ensure the safe and unhindered movement of people to the exit of the building in the event of an emergency.