Emergency Lighting Test Scheduler
A free emergency light circuit maintenance register: last service, interval, due date and overdue alerts — sorted by urgency, stored in your browser.
Your register stays in this browser (localStorage) — nothing is uploaded.
Add your first emergency light circuit to see the schedule. Sorted by urgency, the next due item is always on top.
Field notes from maintenance practice
The two tests catch different deaths: monthly catches failed lamps and chargers; the annual 90-minute discharge catches aged batteries that pass a 30-second flick but die at minute twenty of a real evacuation — sealed lead-acid packs in luminaires age like every other VRLA in this catalogue (heat-accelerated). Schedule annual tests by zone on different days, because every tested fitting then has a discharged battery for the next 24 hours.
Self-testing luminaires move the labour to log review — but the annual schedule line remains: someone must read and record what the self-tests found. Run the register on whatever device lives where the work happens — a workshop tablet beats a spreadsheet on someone's laptop, because the person doing the job sees the list.
Sources & references
- NFPA 101 — Life Safety Code, emergency lighting testing
- EN 50172 / BS 5266-8 — emergency escape lighting systems
Scheduling aid only — statutory inspection intervals, OEM schedules and your insurer's requirements govern where they differ.
Emergency Lighting Test Scheduler for maintenance and reliability teams: A free emergency light circuit maintenance register: last service, interval, due date and overdue alerts — sorted by urgency, stored in your browser. Free, private (everything runs in your browser) and ready for daily plant use.
About Emergency Lighting Test Scheduler
This scheduler keeps a living register of your emergency light circuits: add each one with its last service date and interval, and the board computes due dates, sorts by urgency and flags anything overdue or due within 14 days. One tap (✓) marks a service done and restarts that asset's clock. Life-safety codes (NFPA 101; EN 50172 in Europe) require a monthly 30-second function test of every emergency luminaire and an annual full-duration (90-minute) discharge test.
How to use Emergency Lighting Test Scheduler
- 1Add each asset with its last service date and interval — presets reflect the cited standard, and you can override per asset.
- 2The register sorts itself by urgency: overdue first, then due-soon (≤14 days), with a badge per asset.
- 3Tick ✓ when a service is done to reset that asset's clock to today — the whole register persists in your browser.
Why use Emergency Lighting Test Scheduler?
- ✓A free emergency light circuit maintenance register: last service, interval, due date and overdue alerts — sorted by urgency, stored in your browser — computed instantly with the standard formula
- ✓100% free and unlimited, with no sign-up, login or paywall
- ✓Runs entirely in your browser — readings and asset data never leave your device
- ✓Niche-specific defaults and thresholds for emergency light circuit, traceable to the cited standards
Frequently asked questions
How often should a emergency light circuit be serviced or inspected?+
Life-safety codes (NFPA 101; EN 50172 in Europe) require a monthly 30-second function test of every emergency luminaire and an annual full-duration (90-minute) discharge test. Severe duty, harsh environments or regulatory requirements shorten it — and your OEM manual, insurer or local code always takes precedence over the generic default.
Why must annual duration tests be staggered by area?+
Because immediately after a 90-minute discharge, the batteries need up to 24 hours to recharge — a building tested all at once spends a day with its emergency lighting at reduced capacity. EN 50172 explicitly requires alternating circuits/areas so adjacent fittings aren't simultaneously flat. Split the building into register lines by floor or zone and rotate their annual months; the monthly function lines can stay whole-building.
Calendar-based or usage-based — which scheduling is right here?+
Calendar scheduling suits emergency light circuits because the dominant ageing mechanisms (seals drying, contamination, regulatory clocks) run on time, not duty. If a unit works double shifts, shorten its interval rather than switching methods — this register lets you set a different interval per asset.
Should I log services that happened before I started using this register?+
Add each emergency light circuit with its real last-service date, even if that was months ago — the register will immediately show some assets overdue, which is the truth you want visible. Starting everything 'fresh today' hides accumulated backlog and makes the first cycle look healthier than it is.
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