Emergency Lighting Inverters for Restaurants & Retail

The Importance of Emergency Lighting in Restaurants & Retail Settings

Restaurants and retail businesses have front-of-the-house operations with customers, guests, and staff with back-of-the-house administrative offices, storage areas, and kitchen spaces. Emergency lighting provides enough light for workers to safely finish tasks and customers to leave the premises. They also help operate emergency signage so people know where to go in dark areas.

Without emergency lighting, people can lose their sense of direction. They can become stressed and anxious about where they need to go when an accident or disaster strikes. Also, workers who are doing tasks, such as stocking high shelves or preparing and serving meals, could become injured when the lights suddenly go off. With emergency lighting, if there is any brownout, blackout, or other problem with the main power, emergency battery power kicks in to operate the lighting and signage systems.

Benefits of Emergency Lighting in Restaurants & Retail Settings



Centralized lighting inverters offer an efficient and reliable way to manage emergency lighting and signage systems throughout the entire building. Instead of having individual battery backup units at each lighting juncture that needs separate maintenance, a central lighting inverter controls the distributed lighting system. The moment the power goes out, the lighting inverter brings all emergency lighting into operation instantly.

Maintenance staff can more easily service a central lighting inverter versus checking each lighting system and replacing the batteries. This aspect allows your business to save time and manpower. You can more easily troubleshoot problems and perform repairs with an inverter located in one place versus going throughout the building trying to find the issue.

Compliance and Regulations for Restaurants & Retail Stores

Similar to other businesses that have both public areas and employee-only spaces, retail stores and restaurants are required to provide at least 90 minutes of emergency lighting at all entrances, exits, and adjacent stairways. These standards fall under the NFPA 101 Life Safety Standards for emergency lighting protocols.

Lighting Inverter Supply offers products that are UL 924 certified that adheres to the NFPA 101 Life Safety standards to provide enhanced performance for emergency lighting systems. These products have been tested and certified to provide the standard 90 minutes of battery power as well as offer the right amount of power to ensure the functional performance of emergency lighting is not diminished.