Emergency Light Test Switch.

A question I never had an answer to, I fitted a self testing emergency light in a utility room over a consumer unit for the managing director of the company that manufacturers that make them, I asked him if a self testing emergency light needs a test switch, he laughed and said he didn’t know and he would ask their technical team.


I fitted a test switch to the self testing emergency light, but never heard if it was needed or not. I did however have quite an involved discussion about remote monitoring of emergency lighting with the MD, the self testing lights aren’t suitable for hotel bedrooms and the like as they can turn themselves on at inappropriate times, however systems can be set up to monitor the emergency lighting remotely from the manufacturers HQ and the client gets an email to tell them when there’s an issue that needs resolving.

A question I never had an answer to, I fitted a self testing emergency light in a utility room over a consumer unit for the managing director of the company that manufacturers that make them, I asked him if a self testing emergency light needs a test switch, he laughed and said he didn’t know and he would ask their technical team.


I fitted a test switch to the self testing emergency light, but never heard if it was needed or not. I did however have quite an involved discussion about remote monitoring of emergency lighting with the MD, the self testing lights aren’t suitable for hotel bedrooms and the like as they can turn themselves on at inappropriate times, however systems can be set up to monitor the emergency lighting remotely from the manufacturers HQ and the client gets an email to tell them when there’s an issue that needs resolving.