Emergency Lighting Testing Kent

Emergency lighting must be tested regularly to ensure it will function correctly in a power failure. DCC Electrics carries out monthly functional tests and annual full-duration tests across Kent and the South East, with full BS 5266 certification.

We provide a complete testing and logbook service so you can demonstrate compliance to fire officers, insurers and building control without having to remember the schedule.

Kent businesses in high-occupancy sectors — hotels in Tunbridge Wells, care homes in Sittingbourne, schools in Faversham, and retail centres in Gravesend — trust us to maintain their emergency lighting compliance year after year. We offer scheduled testing contracts that keep your logbook current and your building protected.

Emergency lighting testing is not optional. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires that emergency lighting systems are maintained and tested in accordance with BS 5266-1. Monthly tests must verify that each luminaire switches to battery power when mains power is disconnected. Annual tests must confirm that batteries sustain the required illumination for the full rated duration — typically three hours.

Many businesses manage monthly testing themselves but struggle with the annual duration test, which requires keeping lights on battery for three hours during a period when the building can tolerate dim lighting. DCC Electrics handles both — and provides the logbook entries, certificates, and digital records that fire officers and insurers require.