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BS 559-2 Interior and exterior signs – Part 2: Inspection and maintenance – Specification

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BSI
Committee:
CPL/34 - Lamps and Related Equipment
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Unclassified documents
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This British Standard specifies requirements for the inspection and maintenance of interior or exterior signs. It is applicable to:

a)    illuminated and non-illuminated, fixed or portable signs, and to advertising or decorative devices using the same techniques, including digital displays;

b)    interior or exterior, permanent, illuminated or non-illuminated sign elements; and

c)     signage, including static signage and digitally displayed signage, such as electronically changeable signs (ECSs), e.g. large-format LED display signs.

This standard does not cover luminaires, road traffic signs, safety signs or fire safety signs, trackside railway signs or airside airport signs.

NOTE 1 Other standards are available for road traffic signs (e.g. BS 8442 and the BS EN 12899 series) and for safety signs, including fire safety signs (e.g. BS 5499-10 and BS EN ISO 7010).

NOTE 2 BS 5499-4, BS 5499-10, BS 8442 and the BS EN 12899 series contain additional guidance relating to signs.

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