Maintained Emergency light in Bathroom.

[BQW]

Picked up on a fire safety audit is a missing maintained fire exit light in a large bathroom located in a hostel, the bathroom has two doors one leading to the outside of the building designated as a fire escape .
Question is can a engineers emergency light test switch be located in a bathroom ? It is a very large room and at a guess would be at least 4 meters away from zones 1 or 2.
Informed comment appreciated.

 

[SUNRAY]

I make no apology for quoting a learned member from another thread:

It can be done.
Light switches can be located inside most bathrooms.
Pull cords and having switches outside the room are not necessary and never were.

 

[333rocky333]

You can also get exit signs that have a self test button on them

 

[SUNRAY]

You can also get exit signs that have a self test button on them

Last time I tried to purchase such I was unable to find them, one of my regular suppliers said something about non compliance/banned, would have been 4-5 years back.
Our local hospital used to have 4ft flou's with the test button and I noticed more recently there is now a test switch on the ceiling by each one. Very silly as testing was done with a stick, now they have to use a step ladder and all the guarding that goes with it.

 

[333rocky333]

Last time I tried to purchase such I was unable to find them, one of my regular suppliers said something about non compliance/banned, would have been 4-5 years back.
Our local hospital used to have 4ft flou's with the test button and I noticed more recently there is now a test switch on the ceiling by each one. Very silly as testing was done with a stick, now they have to use a step ladder and all the guarding that goes with it.

Possibly the ones i see are a few years old, I also heard the terms Maintained and Non maintained are now phased out, replaced with a letter and number code.

 

[BQW]

Yes I tried to get the type with the test button, could not see them stocked any were.
So were ok with a Key switch then ?

 

[JohnW2]

Question is can a engineers emergency light test switch be located in a bathroom ? It is a very large room and at a guess would be at least 4 meters away from zones 1 or 2. Informed comment appreciated.

I don't really think that anyone even remotely 'informed' could imagine that there could be any problem with that. Any sort of switch (indeed 'anything electrical', provided that it's not a socket, which needs 3m from bath/shower) can be located in a bathroom, provided only that it is outside of zones 0/1/2 (and, strictly speaking, if the switch is "suitable for use in a bathroom").

Kind Regards, John