If you have emergency devices on your site you will in most cases encounter battery failure at some time. This means that you will need to replace the battery or the device itself in order to correct the situation.
The emergency devices are designed to adhear to a standard of how long the device can operate on battery if the power supply is disrupted for some reason. You will get a battery failure when the batterys capacity is no longer sufficient to keep the device on for the required amount of time
1a Replacing entire device
If you are replacing the entire device, follow the local systems recommomendations to replace and commision the device.
Replace the device in Connect
Follow the guide Connect - Replace device on how to replace a device in Glamox Connect
1b Replacing battery only
Follow the user manual on how to change battery in the emergency device. There is no need to re-program or commisiong the device following a battery replacement
2 Re-test emergency device
After servicing the emergency device, either by replacing it or by only changing the battery, it is important to re-test the device.
It is recommended to let the device charge for a minimum of 48 hours after powering up the device with a new battery before executing emergency tests
If you are using the local system to trigger emergency tests, please follow the guide for the local system on how to schedule emergency tests for the serviced device.
Remember to give enough time for the device to fully charge the battery before executing the tests.
Scheduling emergency tests in Glamox Connect
You can use Glamox Connect to schedule tests for the service device automatically, or you can run manual tests.
If the device has been replaced, double check that the emergency device is connected to a light group and has future tests already scheduled. If the tests have tests scheduled and the test timings are suitable you are finished.
You can find this on the device details page:
If the device does not have emergency group assignment and/or missing test schedules you have to correct this by following the description in Emergency light setup
If you wish to change the test timing you willl need to change the test schedule as described in Emergency light setup to set the desired test schedule to fit your needs
Manual emergency tests
If there is not too many emergency devices being service, it might be easier to run tests for these manually to avoid having to change entire schedule for all emergency devices.
You can do this from the device detail page.
Click on Controls (1.) and then click on icons to either start funtional test or duration test (2.)
Remember to give enough time for the device to fully charge the battery before executing the tests. The duration test will run a full test of the battery to check its capacity.
