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Emergency Lighting
Former Community Member
Is it a requirement for High Voltage Switchrooms and internal Substations to be equipped with Emergency Task/Emergency Escape Lighting or does this represent a fire hazard in this environment?
You need to do a risk assessment. With the smaller DNO type substation broadgage refers to, it can be more of a hazard. You arrive with no supply, and don’t take a torch because the emergency lights are on. You also don’t operate the light switch as the emergency lights are on.
The older fuse racks can have a significant amount of exposed live LV metalwork on them. Your restore the supplies, which livens up the fuse rack, then the emergency lights go out and you are left in the dark trying to remember the respective positions of the light switch and the fuse rack . . .
You need to do a risk assessment. With the smaller DNO type substation broadgage refers to, it can be more of a hazard. You arrive with no supply, and don’t take a torch because the emergency lights are on. You also don’t operate the light switch as the emergency lights are on.
The older fuse racks can have a significant amount of exposed live LV metalwork on them. Your restore the supplies, which livens up the fuse rack, then the emergency lights go out and you are left in the dark trying to remember the respective positions of the light switch and the fuse rack . . .
