§ 777. Installation Requirements.


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  • Reserve lighting and outage indicating systems shall meet the following installation requirements:
    (a) Outage Indicator Location. Outage indicator lamps shall be mounted where they are clearly visible to the driver.
    (b) Connection to Vehicle Lighting System. After market installation and connection of the device to the vehicle lighting system shall be as follows:
    (1) Headlamp Section. The headlamp section shall be connected into the headlamp upper and lower beam circuits at the beam changing switch.
    (2) Rear Lighting Section. The taillamp element of the rear lighting section shall be series-connected in the taillamp circuit between the switch and the lamps, and the stoplamp element shall be series-connected in the stoplamp circuit immediately following the stoplamp switch.

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Note: Authority cited: Section 26103, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 24012 and 26103, Vehicle Code.