Lighting applications -- Emergency lighting
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National foreword
ISBN9780580729577
ICS 91.160.10
This BritishStandard is the UKimplementation of EN 1838:2013.ItsupersedesBS EN1838:1999which is withdrawn.
The UKparticipation inits preparation was entrusted toTechnicalCommittee EL/1/1 Emergency lighting.
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@The British Standards Institution 2013.Published by BSIStandardsLimited 2013
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This BritishStandardwaspublished under theauthority of theStandards Policy and Strategy Committee on31August 2013.
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Lighting applications - Emergency lighting
Eclairagisme - Eclairage de secours
Angewandte Lichttechnik - Notbeleuchtung
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 15 June 2013.
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Contents
Foreword. .3Introduction.. ..41 Scope. ..2 Normativereferences ..3 Terms and definitions4 Emergencyescape lighting ..64.1 General... ...64.2 Escaperoute lighting ..74.3 4.4 High risk task area lighting. Open arealighting. .10 104.5 Standby lighting.. 115 Safety signs.5.1 General. 115.2 5.3 What safety signsinclude. Requirementsofsafety signs.. 115.4 Luminance of safety signs.. 125.5 Viewing distance.. 12Annex A(normative) Luminance and illuminance measurements. 13A.2 A.1 Luminance measurementsofsigns. Instrumentation forsitemeasurement. 13 13AnnexB(informative)A-deviations. .. 14Bibliography.16
Foreword
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Attentionis drawnto thepossibility that some of the elementsof thisdocumentmaybe the subject of patent
ThisdocumentsupersedesEN1838:1999
Functioningof theEuropeanUnionTFEU shouldbe awarethatstandardshavenoformal legalrelationshipwith Directives whichmayhave been made underArticle 153of the Treatyon the Functioning of theEuropean Union TFEU.
Significantchangesbetweenthisdocumentand EN1838:1999are:
a)posts are now consistent regardlessof their location and are defined at the equipment tobe operated;
b)The colour and style of safety signs is amended to the revised ISOformat;
c)TheA deviations of some countrieshavebeen amended.
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