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Understanding the Fire Protection Symbols of Lighting

 
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An overview of the fire safety symbols for lights. This is exactly what the fire safety symbols for lights mean:

Understanding the Fire Protection Symbols of Lighting
 

Burning light always generates heat; depending on the lamp used, the light sources may even become very hot. Highly flammable materials such as insulating wool must then be kept at certain distances, and dust can also increase the risk of fire. For this reason, there are pictograms for fire safety labelling of lighting, the observance of which prevents the development of dangerous fires. Special attention is needed, for example, when installing recessed lighting (note minimum recess depth!) and surface-mounted lighting (is the material where the lamp is being installed highly flammable?).

What the Fire Protection Pictograms Mean

All lighting that do not have a fire protection symbol are able to be mounted directly on normally flammable materials. In 2012, mandatory new fire protection pictograms were introduced that differentiate fire protection more precisely than the warning signs used previously. Very special care must of course be taken in areas that are already at risk of fire: Here, all lighting must have at least IP protection class IP 5X and also be marked with a 'D'. The following is an overview of all relevant fire protection pictograms:

  • Surface-mounted lighting that may only be mounted on non-combustible building materials.
  • Recessed lighting that may only be mounted on non-combustible building materials.
  • Thermal insulation not permitted.
  • Lighting for mounting in/on furniture, mounting surface non-flammable up to 180° C.
  • Lighting for mounting in/on furniture, mounting surface non-flammable up to 95° C in normal operation.
  • Lighting for fire hazardous locations. Temperature of horizontal surfaces in normal operation maximum 90° C. Glass surfaces of fluorescent lamps maximum 150° C.