How to Install Emergency Lights

Installing emergency light fixtures requires electrical power. Utilizing an electrician is important for safety and reliability purposes. Unfortunately, there are no battery powered emergency lights, although there are batteries located within emergency lights.

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The batteries inside emergency lights provide power to the unit's lamp heads when power to the facility fails. Emergency lights require 120 or 277v AC electricity and are required to be hardwired into a buildings electrical system.

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Thermoplastic Emergency Lights are easy to install. All units come with detailed instructions.

Instructions for installing the models offered are included with every unit. Make sure the circuit you are installing the emergency light into is turned OFF before performing any installation procedure.

Either 2 or 3 connections will need to be made into your electrical system for an emergency light to be installed correctly. Installing an emergency light incorrectly can burn out the transformer and circuit board, causing the unit to become inoperable and broken.

First, identify the electrical voltage of the connection that is being made to the emergency light fixture, either 120 or 277 volt. Next, examine the connections on the unit, there will be 3 or 4 wires which will be colored and labeled:

• 120v wire (black)
• 277v wire (red)
• Common wire (white)
• Ground wire (green - not included on all models)

Connect the correct voltage wire and the common wire to the electrical conduit. Connect the ground wire if your emergency light fixture requires it. DO NOT CONNECT BOTH THE 120V an 277V WIRES - UNIT WILL MALFUNCTION.

Power the circuit on and let the emergency light and its battery backup system charge for 24 hours before testing the battery backup to its full, 90 minute capability.

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