⚡ Testing of luminaires for emergency lighting (self-contained and centrally supplied) — marking, construction, changeover to emergency supply, high-temperature operation, battery charging, EDLC capacitors, luminous flux and luminous intensity distribution, PN-EN IEC 60598-2-22

Electronics and EMC PN-EN IEC 60598-2-22

Overview

WHAT THE STANDARD COVERS. Scope from the PKN catalogue card of PN-EN IEC 60598-2-22:2022-11 (Polish version), in full (our translation): “This part of IEC 60598 specifies requirements for emergency luminaires for use with electrical lamps on emergency power supplies not exceeding 1 000 V. This document does not cover the effects of non-emergency voltage reductions on luminaires incorporating high pressure discharge lamps. This document gives general requirements for emergency lighting equipment. In this document the term “lamp”, which also includes “light source(s)” where appropriate, is still used”. We read the text in two samples: SIST EN IEC 60598-2-22:2022 (European pages: foreword, Annexes ZA, ZB, ZZ and the beginning of the IEC foreword) and IEC 60598-2-22:2021 from the cover to 22.7.1; we do not have the further clauses 22.7–22.21 (among others endurance and thermal tests, resistance to dust and moisture, insulation resistance, photometric data, changeover, high-temperature operation, chargers) or Annexes A–E — we know their titles from the table of contents.

ACCORDING TO THE TEXT OF EN IEC 60598-2-22:2022 AND IEC 60598-2-22:2021. The standard was prepared by IEC subcommittee SC 34D “Luminaires” of TC 34 “Lighting” (34D/1635/FDIS); CENELEC approved EN IEC 60598-2-22 on 16 February 2022 without modification (only a note on HD 60364-5-56 in the bibliography); dop 2022-12-24, dow 2025-06-24; it supersedes EN 60598-2-22:2014 with its amendments and corrigenda; it is used together with EN IEC 60598-1 (ninth edition IEC 60598-1:2020); harmonized standard under the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU (Annex ZZ assigns clauses 22.6–22.20 to the safety objectives of the Directive); A-deviations (Annex ZB) — France, for 22.6.18, 22.11.1, 22.6.15 and 22.17.1 (buildings open to the public: only permanent installations; photometric data only as the measured rated flux). Changes of the fifth edition compared with the fourth (2014 with AMD1:2017): a) updated requirements for rest mode and inhibiting mode, b) clarified high-temperature operation tests, c) new requirements for lithium batteries, d) new requirements for electric double-layer capacitors (EDLC), e) clarified resistance to heat, fire and tracking, f) clarified test facilities for self-contained luminaires, g) clarified test method for contrast measurements of exit signs. Scope (22.1) — as on the card. References (22.2): among others IEC 60598-1, IEC 61347-2-7:2011 with AMD1:2017 and AMD2:2021 (battery-supplied controlgear for self-contained luminaires), IEC 61347-2-3, -2-12, -2-13, IEC 61951-1 and -2 (NiCd and NiMH batteries), IEC 62133-2:2017 and IEC 62620:2014 (lithium batteries), IEC 62391-1:2015 and -2:2006 (EDLC), IEC 60896-21 and IEC 61056-1 (lead-acid), IEC 62034 (automatic test systems), ISO 3864-4:2011, ISO 30061:2007, CIE 121 SP1 and CIE S025. Terms (22.3): emergency lighting (escape, high-risk task-area, standby), maintained emergency luminaire (lamps energized at all times) and non-maintained (only on failure of the supply), combined emergency luminaire, self-contained emergency luminaire (all elements, including the ESSS, in the luminaire or within 1 m of cable), centrally supplied luminaire, compound self-contained and satellite luminaire, control unit, normal supply failure, emergency luminaire rated luminous flux (declared by the manufacturer 60 s — 0,5 s for high-risk task areas — after failure of the supply and maintained to the end of the rated duration), rated duration of emergency operation, normal, emergency, rest and remote inhibiting modes, maximum overcharge rate, internally illuminated safety sign (ISO 3864-1 and -4), PELF = LDL × EBLF and PELSF for LED (= LDL × EOFI or LDL × Iemergency/Inormal), portable luminaire, EBLF (minimum ratio of the flux on emergency supply to the flux with a reference ballast), luminaire on a track system, remote box, battery manufacturer’s declaration of design, rated capacity, electric source for safety services (ESSS), EDLC capacitor. General tests (22.4): according to Section 0 of Part 1, in the order given in this standard; in combined luminaires the parts involved in emergency lighting are tested, and parts for normal lighting only — according to the relevant part of IEC 60598-2; elements within 1 m of cable together with connections comply with this standard; the photometric tests of 22.17 are made on a separate luminaire; derating factors are applied in the installation design. Classification (22.5): according to Section 2 of Part 1, except that all emergency luminaires are classified as suitable for direct mounting on normally flammable surfaces; additionally according to Annex B. Marking (22.6): voltage or voltage range; classification according to Annex B; details of the replacement lamp (to achieve the rated flux); ambient temperature range; fuses and indicator lamps; test facilities for manual simulation of supply failure; nature of the ESSS (replaceable battery — technology, voltage, capacity, temperature class; non-replaceable — marking); on batteries the year and month or week of manufacture and space for the commissioning date; EDLC — replacement data; lampholders for emergency lamps in combined luminaires marked with a green dot of at least 5 mm diameter; in the instructions — replacement of the ESSS or the whole luminaire when it no longer meets the rated duration after full charge, a statement that the ESSS is not a user-serviceable item, a description of test facilities and procedures, the maximum cable length to a satellite luminaire limiting the voltage drop to 3 %, photometric data according to 22.17, a warning for luminaires with a plug without protection against disconnection, luminaires on track systems marked as emergency luminaires, rated charge time (if less than 24 h), the allowed time in rest or inhibiting mode after full charge after which the luminaire gives at least 50 % of the rated duration (in days, according to IEC 61347-2-7/AMD2:2021, 25.6.2; examples 7, 30, 90 days); compliance is checked by inspection. Construction (22.7): Section 4 of Part 1 and 22.7.1–22.7.23; luminaires with automatic testing — also IEC 62034; emergency fluorescent lamps start without glow starters (IEC 60155), starters are not in the circuit in emergency mode, lamps with built-in glow starters are not used.

STATUS (PKN catalogue cards as of 02.10.2026). The card of PN-EN IEC 60598-2-22:2022-11 (Polish version, published 29-11-2024, 50 pages, price group T) has no “Withdrawn” header: Electrical Engineering Sector, KT 4 Lighting Technology, ICS 29.140.40, Directive 2014/35/EU, “Introduces: EN IEC 60598-2-22:2022 [IDT], IEC 60598-2-22:2021 [IDT]”, “Replaces: PN-EN 60598-2-22:2015-01” (Polish and English versions) with A1:2020-08 and corrigenda. The card of PN-EN 60598-2-22:2015-01 (Polish version, 34 pages) has the “Withdrawn” header: withdrawal date 16-11-2022, “Replaced by: PN-EN IEC 60598-2-22:2022-11”; the card of PN-EN 60598-2-22:2015-01/A1:2020-08 — also “Withdrawn” on 16-11-2022 (amendment A1 introduced for LED the factor EOFI instead of the unmeasurable EBLF and the concept PELSF). The PKN search engine (query “PN-EN 60598-2-22”, 02.10.2026) shows the 2002, 2004 with A2, 2015-01 with A1 and 2022-11 (versions e and p) editions. What changed for the result: according to the foreword — lithium batteries and EDLC, rest and inhibiting mode (declared time to retain 50 % of operation), high-temperature operation, test facilities for self-contained luminaires, contrast of exit signs.

HOW MANY LABORATORIES AND IN WHAT FORM (copy of the accreditation scope database, data up to 17.09.2026, read 02.10.2026). The number 60598-2-22 appears in 12 records of 6 laboratories: AB 003, AB 022, AB 044, AB 207, AB 1552, AB 1714. In the current scopes on the PCA website (read 02.10.2026, issues from 17.03.2023 to 08.09.2026) AB 003, AB 022 and AB 044 cite the 2022-11 edition (AB 044 also EN 60598-2-22:2014+A1:2020), AB 207 — three editions (2004+A2:2010, 2015-01 with corrigendum and 2022-11), and AB 1552 and AB 1714 — only the withdrawn 2015-01 edition. The “Laboratories” tab (“PN-EN IEC 60598-2-22”) shows 5 laboratories (without AB 1714); the form “PN-EN 60598-2-22” — 4 (AB 044, AB 207, AB 1552, AB 1714); “IEC 60598-2-22” — 2 (AB 003, AB 044) — checked with queries of the tab on the labcoda.pl production server on 02.10.2026.

WHAT THE LABORATORIES TEST (PCA entries). “Characteristics for assessing the functionality of an emergency lighting luminaire according to 22.4, 22.5, 22.6, 22.7…”, “Characteristics and properties for assessing safety of use”, “As for general-purpose luminaires, and:” (detailed items), durability of marking, dimensions, mechanical strength; photometry — luminous flux (0–50 000 lm), luminance, directional luminous intensity, luminous intensity distribution, luminous efficacy (AB 022, AB 207, AB 1714).

WHERE A SEEMINGLY CORRECT RESULT IS EASY TO GET. With photometry: the rated emergency flux is the flux after 60 s (0,5 s for high-risk task areas) maintained to the end of the duration — a measurement right after changeover or only at the start of operation does not verify the declaration (22.3.14); photometric tests are made on a separate luminaire (22.4). With LED: EBLF cannot be measured directly — the emergency flux of LED is calculated via EOFI or the ratio of currents (22.3.28, A1 card). With combined luminaires: parts for normal lighting only are tested according to another part of the series (22.4). With the edition: two laboratories have only the 2015-01 edition in their scope, withdrawn on 16-11-2022 — without requirements for lithium batteries and EDLC. With rest mode: the declared time in days is calculated according to IEC 61347-2-7/AMD2:2021 — without it, requirement 22.6.22 is not checked.

WHAT WE DO NOT GIVE. We do not have clauses 22.7.2–22.21 or Annexes A–E: construction requirements for the ESSS, charging and discharging times and conditions (among others Table 1 — voltage per cell at discharge), thermal and endurance tests, luminance measurement of signs (Annex C) and requirements for portable luminaires (Annex E) — so we give no values from those places.

Method principle

The emergency luminaire is tested according to the general requirements of PN-EN IEC 60598-1 supplemented by the requirements of this part: marking and instructions, construction, changeover to emergency supply on failure of the normal supply, operation in emergency mode for the rated duration (flux after 60 s or 0,5 s), charging and protection of the ESSS (battery, EDLC), high-temperature operation and — on a separate luminaire — photometric data are checked.

Applications

• Escape, high-risk task-area and standby lighting luminaires — self-contained and centrally supplied; 6 laboratories in PCA scopes
• Internally illuminated safety signs (escape route signs) — according to ISO 3864-1 and -4
• Conformity assessment under the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU (harmonized standard, Annex ZZ)

Key parameters

Standard

Standard number

PN-EN IEC 60598-2-22:2022-11 (wersja polska; EN IEC 60598-2-22:2022 IDT, IEC 60598-2-22:2021 IDT)

Title (PL)

Oprawy oświetleniowe — Część 2-22: Wymagania szczegółowe — Oprawy oświetleniowe do oświetlenia awaryjnego

Title (EN)

Luminaires — Part 2-22: Particular requirements — Luminaires for emergency lighting

Step-by-step procedure

1. Classification and documentation

   Establish the luminaire type (maintained/non-maintained, self-contained or central supply, combined) according to Annex B; check marking and instructions (22.6). PN-EN IEC 60598-2-22:2022-11 current (PKN cards as of 02.10.2026).

2. Tests according to Part 1

   In the order given in this standard; in combined luminaires, parts for normal lighting only — according to the relevant part of IEC 60598-2.

3. Construction and ESSS

   Requirements of 22.7 (among others fluorescent lamps without starters in emergency mode); batteries and EDLC according to the referenced standards; chargers (22.20).

4. Emergency operation

   Changeover on supply failure (22.18), high-temperature operation (22.19), flux after 60 s (0,5 s) to the end of the rated duration (we do not have the details of 22.18–22.19).

5. Photometry

   On a separate luminaire: flux, luminous intensity distribution, luminance of signs (22.17, Annex C) — data for the manufacturer’s declaration.

Required equipment and apparatus

Health and safety (OHS)

• The standard contains no separate safety warnings in the part we read apart from product safety requirements; voltage tests and tests of lithium batteries according to laboratory rules and the manufacturer’s instructions
• TECHNICAL NOTE: the ESSS is not a user-serviceable item — it is replaced by the manufacturer’s service agent or a qualified person (22.6.10)

Frequently asked questions