One of the UK’s leading
manufacturers of forged iron and
solid brass lighting products is using
a Clare Safetest Manufacturing/
Luminaire (STM/L) digital electrical
safety tester from Seaward to
improve compliance testing during
production at its Suffolk factory.

Jim Lawrence is a family-owned
business, designing and producing
wall, pendant, spot and picture lights
(Class I) for UK and international
customers. Products are rigorously
tested in accordance with annex Q of
the Luminaire Standard (BS EN
60598) as part of the company’s
quality assurance guarantee.

To further secure product
quality and reliability, the
company uses four STM/L
units at its manufacturing
facility, where hundreds of
hand-made lighting units are
produced and tested each week.

The STM/L performs 500V
insulation tests using a DC test
voltage, which can be used instead of
a flash test when required, as well as
completing earth bond, polarity and
continuity and load and operation
testing.

Once testing is complete, a test
and tag label is produced confirming
the product has been tested and
results recorded and downloaded to a
central database.

The STM/L enables fast, accurate
automatic testing to ensure products
are safe to use after leaving the factory.