IET Electrician’s Guide to Emergency Lighting 3rd Edition

The IET Electrician’s Guide to Emergency Lighting 3^rd Edition provides information regarding the standards and regulations relevant to the design, installation and testing of emergency lighting.

This publication is a revision of the IET’s previous Electrician’s Guide to Emergency Lighting 2^nd Edition and has been written to include changes made to the BS 5266-1:2016 Code of Practice for Emergency Lighting and BS 7671:2018, IET 18^th Edition Wiring Regulations.

The IET 18^th Edition, BS 7671:2018 regulations will replace the IET’s 17^th Edition regulations on the 1^st January 2019, therefore all electrical systems designed and installed after the 31^st December 2018 will have to be compliant with these new standards.

In accommodating changes to the BS 5266-1:2016 Code of Practice the IET Electrician’s Guide to Emergency Lighting 3^rd Edition ensures that it remains aligned with national, European and international legislation for emergency lighting.  Further to this, in detailing these updates the reader is made aware of the changes to legislation made to accommodate the application of emergency lighting when it is used to maintain the safety of occupants who may stay in a building during a mains supply failure.

Therefore, the IET Electrician’s Guide to Emergency Lighting 3^rd Edition is an essential read for all designers of emergency lighting systems, electricians, electrical contractors and students in further education and professional training.

IET Electrician’s Guide to Emergency Lighting 3^rd Edition Key Features

• Provides information regarding the standards and regulations relevant to the design, installation and testing of emergency lighting
• A revision of IET’s previous Electrician’s Guide to Emergency Lighting 2^nd Edition
• Written to include changes to the BS 5266-1:2016 Code of Practice for Emergency Lighting
• Written to include the relevant information from IET’s new 18^th Edition, BS 7671:2018 regulations
• IET’s new 18^th Edition regulations will replace the old 17^th Edition regulations on the 1^st January 2019
• All electrical systems designed and installed after the 31^st December 2018 will have to be compliant with the new standards
• Ensures compliance with national, European and international legislation for emergency lighting
• Includes information detailing the standards for emergency lighting optimised for maintaining the safety of occupants who may stay in a building during a mains failure
• Essential for designers of emergency lighting systems, electricians, electrical contractors and students in further education or professional training

What’s Included?

• IET Electrician’s Guide to Emergency Lighting 3^rd Edition