For the exit lights with no Reflectors, you can remove the bulb, tape off the sides, and give the light a few shots of silver spray paint. It will increase the spread by probably 10 fold, and poses no fire risk 👍🏼
+MJTVideos Those are called "exit sign combos" not "exit lights." I don't think silver spray paint would increase the light spreading. Plus it would look kinda tacky.
Nice video, those modern exit signs with self diagnostics tend to fail a lot especially under frequent power fluctuations. Also they are made with cheap plastic, recently at my school I helped replace all the modern exit signs from 2010 with nice new metal ones. But hey, at least the old ones we're easy to remove, lol
+A2ZAlarms Not necessarily. Brand names (such as Dual-Lite) usually don't fail. Dual-Lite products, including the common self-diagnostic models, rarely fail. Lithonia sometimes fail, but not all the time. Not all modern exit signs are trash. Dual-Lite still puts in the effort to make a great product.
+A2ZAlarms Generic is never the way to go. Just cheep Chinese junk that's rebranded by millions of companies. I added an update in the description about the LQM G SD. It doesn't have a shot battery at all.
I had my garage exit sign combo fail within 30 seconds after power cut off to the unit. The combo is a lithonia LHQM with emergency light heads off of a ELM2 (incandescent version). The battery was faulty.
+Elliot Richards Good point. Unfortunately, NFPA does not require emergency lights in residential settings. I agree and I think they should. Maybe a few companies make a low profile series for houses.
How old was the battery itself? It may have hit the end of it's service life, also, testing the sign cuts the AC power regardless if it's self-diagnostic or not, and trickle charging also kills the battery, too! Slowly, but it still dies, so chances are the battery hit the end of it's service life, so if you test an exit sign or emergency light for two seconds and let it charge, it's killing the battery more, and last I recall, self diagnostic signs test for ~90 minutes? correct me if I'm wrong, I don't own a self-diagnostic sign or light, so I have NO clue! Tl'Dr: End of service life due to battery being trickle charged/short used, let the sign do the test on it's own!
+Bob Tramontana I never said testing a given exit sign doesn't cut power. That's a basic fact. Self-diagnostic exit lighting does many things. One it will tell you if a problem occurs with the unit. It will also test itself once a month for 1 minute. Testing self diagnostic exit lighting does different things depending on the manufacturer. I'll give two examples. Dual-Lite's SD (self-diagnostic) when pressed once will test itself for a minute. Pressed twice will test itself for 90 minutes. Lithonia Lighting, when a unit has SD, and pressed will test itself for 1 minute. When pressed again it will cancel the test. SD units are require less maintenance so you don't need to worry about going around testing exit signs and emergency lights once a month. Now on standard units (non self diagnostic) it doesn't test itself unless someone presses the test button. It will then cut off power as long as you are pressing it. It is always good to test exit signs and emergency lights if they are self-diagnostic or not to see how the unit performs. But when you test a unit for a second then restore it to AC, that does not harm the battery. Unless constant testing happens, the battery is fine. Back to my Lithonia LQM G SD. It isn't even a year old and I have added an update about it in the description if you'd like to check it out.
11:35 that’s actually false. I have a LQM AC only sign seen in the video and it failed on me depict being ac only. When I wired the sign up it totally failed and none of the LEDs lit up. AC only signs CAN fail.
Sounds like you have a defective unit. When I stated “it can’t really fail” I was referring to how my LQM SD failed. The AC sign has no battery so it is less likely to fail.
@@ExitSign250 I think there was a problem with the transformer or led board. It sad to see my AC only LQM go to waste since that was my first exit sign.
Also, nice video! (Though my internet is being rude and not letting me like this video... I'll try to like it as often as possible until I do successfully like it lol..)
The diagnostics in the LQM sign aren't that good... I bought the red version a few months ago off eBay (less than a year old) after taking it down to relocate it, it shows an electronics failure code 😑.
+Mr. Nick Wow. Doesn't seem reliable. Yeah, it was installed around four weeks and went through three power outages fine. But when I do a simple 1-3 minute test, it fails. Very odd. Lucky I only spent $7 NIB from Amazon because it was on clearance, so I didn't give an arm and a leg.
ExitSign250 not bad. I didn't pay much for mine either, probably the microprocessor in these signs are a little wonky in terms of not really being reliable.
Lol nvm I was thinking of a fuse for overload on the 120v input. Only some exit signs don't have ivop (input voltage overload protection) because of risk of fires if an overload were to occur.
+firealarmsnstuff If you saw a black box sitting on the ground, that isn't going to be used for anything fire alarm related. Actually it's a radio receiver for a stereo system with a built in amplifier. So I can only play radio stations through it. I'm using it for an unrelated project.
Sir, this is not up to code. Please fix your exit signs and emergency lights or your establishment will be closed down. This is a major code violation. You should know better 😔😐
+Frank Dougherty Awww man looks like I'll have to ship my exit signs and emergency lights to Simplex so they can turn them into the new TruePath ES exit signs.
U really shoukdnt have those on the wall, you are not Lisenced and you can get in trouble for that. Also can you unlock me, I just want to talk and I am sorry
You cannot get into trouble for having these on the wall. I’ve had my exit signs and emergency lights installed around my house for years and have never been in legal trouble for it, plus that doesn’t even make sense. I’ve even talked with fire marshals and inspectors about what I do and what’s on my wall and they think it’s awesome. This argument of having things installed on the wall and getting in trouble for it is untrue and taken very out of context.
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Did not know that lithonia lighting failed
😩😩
Like the emergency lights in the garage,heard that design is spose to be ceiling mounted
For the exit lights with no Reflectors, you can remove the bulb, tape off the sides, and give the light a few shots of silver spray paint. It will increase the spread by probably 10 fold, and poses no fire risk 👍🏼
+MJTVideos Those are called "exit sign
combos" not "exit lights." I don't think silver spray paint would increase the light spreading. Plus it would look kinda tacky.
@@ExitSign250 my mom calls them exit lights
And also it probably had a very low battery
Sorry about your sign- awesome setup!
+Nick Creeks Thanks!
Nice video, those modern exit signs with self diagnostics tend to fail a lot especially under frequent power fluctuations. Also they are made with cheap plastic, recently at my school I helped replace all the modern exit signs from 2010 with nice new metal ones. But hey, at least the old ones we're easy to remove, lol
+A2ZAlarms Not necessarily. Brand names (such as Dual-Lite) usually don't fail. Dual-Lite products, including the common self-diagnostic models, rarely fail. Lithonia sometimes fail, but not all the time. Not all modern exit signs are trash. Dual-Lite still puts in the effort to make a great product.
ExitSign250 correct, dual-lite stuff is great, never had any problem, but that Generic stuff does not last long. Yours probably has a shot battery.
+A2ZAlarms Generic is never the way to go. Just cheep Chinese junk that's rebranded by millions of companies. I added an update in the description about the LQM G SD. It doesn't have a shot battery at all.
*Trying press the test button* Uh oh!
I had my garage exit sign combo fail within 30 seconds after power cut off to the unit. The combo is a lithonia LHQM with emergency light heads off of a ELM2 (incandescent version). The battery was faulty.
Oh dear! That's not good about the LQM! At any rate, great setup as always!
+Wheelove Fire Alarms I know! Thanks!!!
My indura let’s me test it on insufficient charge
I love when you say your exit sign fails
that'd be funny if starbucks did do a exit sign combo! it's be coffee shaped somehow and the color of coffee aka brown. lol
in my opinion, because of hurricanes, i think all florida households should have emergency lighting
+Elliot Richards Good point. Unfortunately, NFPA does not require emergency lights in residential settings. I agree and I think they should. Maybe a few companies make a low profile series for houses.
WERE DOOOOOOOOOMED!!!!!!!! THE LITHONIA FAILED WHYYYYYYYYYYY?!!!!!!!
Would you be willing to test the new light bulb that stays lit when the power goes out?
Nice vid (and interesting occurrence)! I assume you sleep with the exit signs on at night, correct?
+DownsLife&Safety Thanks! Very! Yes. All of my exit signs and emergency lights stay on 24/7.
Welp... Time to start sleeping with the super bright exit sign I got for my room. XD
+DownsLife&Safety Haha
Great video! My gym has those non UL listed cheap exit combos everywhere and one of them isn't working upstairs
Weird
+CharmanderFan20 CharFan20 Ugh
ExitSign250 ikr! I rather pay more money on a UL listed Combo than buy that crap!
+CharmanderFan20 CharFan20 Yeah
ExitSign250 Almost everywhere I go I see at least one of them. Man
How old was the battery itself? It may have hit the end of it's service life, also, testing the sign cuts the AC power regardless if it's self-diagnostic or not, and trickle charging also kills the battery, too! Slowly, but it still dies, so chances are the battery hit the end of it's service life, so if you test an exit sign or emergency light for two seconds and let it charge, it's killing the battery more, and last I recall, self diagnostic signs test for ~90 minutes? correct me if I'm wrong, I don't own a self-diagnostic sign or light, so I have NO clue!
Tl'Dr: End of service life due to battery being trickle charged/short used, let the sign do the test on it's own!
+Bob Tramontana I never said testing a given exit sign doesn't cut power. That's a basic fact. Self-diagnostic exit lighting does many things. One it will tell you if a problem occurs with the unit. It will also test itself once a month for 1 minute. Testing self diagnostic exit lighting does different things depending on the manufacturer. I'll give two examples. Dual-Lite's SD (self-diagnostic) when pressed once will test itself for a minute. Pressed twice will test itself for 90 minutes. Lithonia Lighting, when a unit has SD, and pressed will test itself for 1 minute. When pressed again it will cancel the test. SD units are require less maintenance so you don't need to worry about going around testing exit signs and emergency lights once a month. Now on standard units (non self diagnostic) it doesn't test itself unless someone presses the test button. It will then cut off power as long as you are pressing it. It is always good to test exit signs and emergency lights if they are self-diagnostic or not to see how the unit performs. But when you test a unit for a second then restore it to AC, that does not harm the battery. Unless constant testing happens, the battery is fine. Back to my Lithonia LQM G SD. It isn't even a year old and I have added an update about it in the description if you'd like to check it out.
11:35 that’s actually false. I have a LQM AC only sign seen in the video and it failed on me depict being ac only. When I wired the sign up it totally failed and none of the LEDs lit up. AC only signs CAN fail.
Sounds like you have a defective unit. When I stated “it can’t really fail” I was referring to how my LQM SD failed. The AC sign has no battery so it is less likely to fail.
@@ExitSign250 I think there was a problem with the transformer or led board. It sad to see my AC only LQM go to waste since that was my first exit sign.
6:06 it is UL listed because mine has a UL sticker inside
Nice! Is that fire door holder at 4:03 just for display or are you using it for something?
+firefreak57 Thanks! I guess we'll have to wait and see.... (wink wink)
ExitSign250
Love the exit sign videos
+The Real Caleb Little, Paris & Juelz Gaming Thanks!
Oh no
An exit sign failed??
The green exit in your room was the battery died
Cool exitsign250, I like it
+Emergitech 2004 Thanks!
NEEDS A NEW GREEN LED LIGHT STRIP
Looks like it died when battery was on but it shut off
Also, nice video! (Though my internet is being rude and not letting me like this video... I'll try to like it as often as possible until I do successfully like it lol..)
The diagnostics in the LQM sign aren't that good... I bought the red version a few months ago off eBay (less than a year old) after taking it down to relocate it, it shows an electronics failure code 😑.
+Mr. Nick Wow. Doesn't seem reliable. Yeah, it was installed around four weeks and went through three power outages fine. But when I do a simple 1-3 minute test, it fails. Very odd. Lucky I only spent $7 NIB from Amazon because it was on clearance, so I didn't give an arm and a leg.
ExitSign250 sounds like a bad battery
+CharmanderFan20 CharFan20 I put an update in the description if you want to see the result. The battery is fine.
ExitSign250 not bad. I didn't pay much for mine either, probably the microprocessor in these signs are a little wonky in terms of not really being reliable.
+Mr. Nick Yeah. Your probably right.
Cool video!
+Safeman4202 Thanks!
uh oh.. thats no good, but great video!
+FireAlarmDude5967 Yeah, thanks!
@@ExitSign250 you’re welcome
Thanks for your reply. I’ve been waiting 4 years.
@@ExitSign250 I’ll let you know when you’re welcome in 4 years
It failed because the battery died, nice 📛exit📛 tho.
Well I forgot that it unplugged
lets make sure that won't happen again
+Beth Edwards I hope
That exit sign is dead!!
I got a exit sign for my back porch
Fuse blown or loose connection?
+Sterling Ordes Exit signs do not have fuses. All the connections were intact. I put an update in the description if you want to see the result.
Lol nvm I was thinking of a fuse for overload on the 120v input. Only some exit signs don't have ivop (input voltage overload protection) because of risk of fires if an overload were to occur.
I feel so stupid lol
+Sterling Ordes It's ok
0:30 tf is that a elm2
I see an amplifier... voice evac?
+firealarmsnstuff If you saw a black box sitting on the ground, that isn't going to be used for anything fire alarm related. Actually it's a radio receiver for a stereo system with a built in amplifier. So I can only play radio stations through it. I'm using it for an unrelated project.
I knew It had a dead battery
your exit sign battry must be vary week.
And your spelling must be “VARY” bad💀💀💀
Great video
+Exitsign 77 Thanks!
good job
Sir, this is not up to code. Please fix your exit signs and emergency lights or your establishment will be closed down. This is a major code violation. You should know better 😔😐
+Frank Dougherty Awww man looks like I'll have to ship my exit signs and emergency lights to Simplex so they can turn them into the new TruePath ES exit signs.
ExitSign250 lol
ExitSign250 Please tell me you didn't say TruePath ES
+NJMoo3652 Um whoops
NJMoo3652 he said true path es
Nice
+Pug alarms Thanks!
Hi I like your video
+Tanner Smyly Hey! Thanks!
Battery died probably
+Emergitech 2004 The battery is fine. The unit came NIB. The self-diagnostics said everything was fine so I'm not sure what's wrong.
Just kidding😂
U really shoukdnt have those on the wall, you are not Lisenced and you can get in trouble for that. Also can you unlock me, I just want to talk and I am sorry
You cannot get into trouble for having these on the wall. I’ve had my exit signs and emergency lights installed around my house for years and have never been in legal trouble for it, plus that doesn’t even make sense. I’ve even talked with fire marshals and inspectors about what I do and what’s on my wall and they think it’s awesome. This argument of having things installed on the wall and getting in trouble for it is untrue and taken very out of context.
@@ExitSign250 ok
Oh no!!!
+BusDriver14/ Shayne W I know!
ExitSign250 change the battery if that doesn’t work call the company
+BusDriver14/ Shayne W This sign isn't even a year old. I'm gonna let it charge for a while then go from there.
ExitSign250 my dad works on these and he said the battery is bad
He’s LST (life safety tech)
Did not know that lithonia lighting failed
😩😩