{"id":10992,"date":"2017-02-10T10:59:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T10:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=10992"},"modified":"2017-02-10T10:59:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T10:59:36","slug":"fire-isolator-switch-a-legal-requirement-says-esp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/fire-isolator-switch-a-legal-requirement-says-esp\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire isolator switch \u2013 a legal requirement says ESP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireisolator.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10993\" src=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireisolator-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"fireisolator\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireisolator-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireisolator-150x148.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireisolator-500x494.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireisolator.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>According to leading fire and security products supplier, ESP, there are still a lot of installers who are unaware that a fire isolator switch is a legal requirement with all new fire alarm systems being installed in the UK \u2013 coming under the BS539 Part 1 Standard.<\/p>\n<p>ESP\u2019s new BS5839 compliant Fire Isolator Switch securely isolates the mains supply feeding a fire system control panel and is crucial for fire system maintenance. The supply can only be isolated by an authorised person, using a key lock switch and switching is restricted by key operation. The key is removable in both ON and OFF positions and without the key, a tool would be required to disconnect power.<\/p>\n<p>A neon indicator indicates mains present at the switched output. Bold red, durable casing ensures easy identification. The unit is supplied in a complete enclosure, which is of a standard single gang format with preformed holes for mounting on a surface or 20mm conduit box.<\/p>\n<p>BS 5839 Part 1 Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings \u2013 Part 1: Code of practice for design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of systems in non-domestic premises \u2013 is published by the BSI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For further informationcall 01527 515150, email <a href=\"mailto:info@espuk.com\">info@espuk.com<\/a> or visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/http;\/\/www.espuk.com\">www.espuk.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to leading fire and security products supplier, ESP, there are still a lot of installers who are unaware that a fire isolator switch is a legal requirement with all new fire alarm systems being installed in the UK \u2013 coming under the BS539 Part 1 Standard. ESP\u2019s new BS5839 compliant Fire Isolator Switch securely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fireisolator.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10994,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10992\/revisions\/10994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}