Luminaires - Part 2-22: Particular
requirements - Luminaires for emergency
lighting
(First revision)
(IEC 60598-2-22:1997 and AMD. 1:2002, MOD)
This Malaysian Standard was developed by the Working Group on Emergency Lighting under
the authority of the Electrotechnical Industry Standards Committee.
This Malaysian Standard corresponds to IEC 60598-2-22:1997+A1:2002, Luminaires – Part
2-22: Particular requirements – Luminaires for emergency lighting, published by the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) with the following modifications:
a) Clause 22.12.4, the ambient temperature given in the NOTE has been changed from
(20 ± 5) C to (25 ± 5) C;
b) Clause 22.16.1, after the third paragraph, the following note has been inserted:
NOTE. The designer should specify the minimum rated lumen output of the
emergency luminaires and also the high-risk task-areas;
c) Clause A.1, the NOTE shall read “Other battery types (such as nickel metal hydride,
etc) may be allowed provided they conform to their relevant safety and performance
standard and the relevant requirements of this standard”;
d) in the source text, “this International Standard” should read “this Malaysian Standard”;
e) the comma which is used as a decimal sign (if any), to read as a point; and
f) references to some International Standards are replaced by equivalent Malaysian
Standards as follows, others are retained;
