§ 712. Photometric Test Requirements.

Photometric tests shall be made with the filament in the design position. For unsealed and semisealed driving and passing lamps, tests shall also be made in the out-of-focus positions listed in Section 654 of this title. The luminous intensity of a single lamp tested as specified in Article 4 of this subchapter shall be as follows with a reaim tolerance of 0.25 deg allowed at any test point:

(a) Driving Lamps. Driving lamps shall meet the photometric requirements in Table I when the lamps are aimed as specified in Article 6 of this subchapter.

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TABLE I. PHOTOMETRIC REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVING LAMPS

Test point coordinates		Cd
Vertical	Horizontal	Max	Min
3U	3L-3R	5,000	-
2U	3L-3R	8,000	-
IU	3L-3R	25,000	-
H	V	50,000	20,000
H	3L-3R	-	10,000
1D	6L-6R	-	3,700
2D	6L-6R	-	2,000

(b) Fog Lamps. Fog lamps shall meet the photometric requirements in SAE J583d, July 1977, SAE J583, JUN93, or SAE J583, APR2001.

(c) Passing Lamps. Passing lamps shall meet the photometric requirements in SAE J582a, January 1973.

HISTORY

1. Amendment of first paragraph and subsection (b) filed 6-12-95; operative 7-12-95 (Register 95, No. 24).

2. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 7-16-2004; operative 8-15-2004 (Register 2004, No. 29).

Note

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