Friday, August 29, 2014

Advantages Of Using Emergency Exit Signs With Lights

By Rhea Frazier


Whether it is morning, noon, or night time, emergencies may happen no matter where a person is. He may be a passenger of a moving aircraft when at a certain point, something happened which requires all crews and passengers to exit the plane. Fires and earthquakes may occur at a certain point in time and people watching movies in cinemas may need to evacuate the theater. In most of these cases, electrical supply will be cut off and people will be having difficulties in finding their way outside since the surroundings are dark.

Inventors have created an invention that will help the people in these cases. They have created emergency exit signs with lights. Nowadays, airplanes and movie theaters are already using this technology. There are certainly a lot of advantages that this thing can offer to those who chose to install it.

The main advantage of using these items is that they will lead individuals who are inside an enclosed space or building to safety. Since they are very bright, the people can still follow the way out even in dim to dark area. These items are typically created to serve this purpose. With this, there will be lesser chances of them getting trapped inside.

Some of these stuff require to be charged so that they will have power in case the electricity goes out. There are also other kinds which do not require electricity to power them but instead use solar power. In the case of the latter, they need to be placed on locations that can be reached by the sun during the day so that they can work better at night.

Most of these things are able to glow for a long time. They could be ranging from one and a half hours to almost three hours. This duration certainly is enough for all of the occupants to vacate the area after experiencing the onset of an emergency.

Most of them do not require running electrical wires. It just looks like a piece of rectangular block which is fixed on the upper or lower portion of the wall where everybody can see them. There are multiple lighting fixtures and appliances that need wires to connect to a certain power supply and there could be several visible cables which would not be pleasant to those seeing them.

The materials used to create these signs are not combustible. They may also have the properties of not getting any reaction when exposed to several types of gases. This is useful especially when a fire occurs inside the building.

These signs could last up to twenty years. This way, they will not have to replace them from time to time which could make them spend more money as well as efforts. This will be helpful to the environment as there will be less things to be disposed of when they are not needed anymore. It will also encourage less use of resources from which the items are made.

They also do not require thorough maintenance. Certainly, there is a need for it to be cleaned, though. A person can just use a damp towel to wipe off dirt on the surface. This way, they will be illuminating the way brightly.




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