Performance Requirements for Motor Vehicle Headlamps
J1383_201805
This SAE Recommended Practice is intended as a guide toward standard practice and is subject to change to keep pace with experience and technical advances. This document establishes performance requirements for headlamps.
Rationale:
Added Table of Contents.
2.1, 2.2 – Revised reference information.
3.4, 3.7, 3.8, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.17, 3.18, 3.20 – Removed definitions which are currently in SAE J387.
2.2.1 – Added section; moved SAE J387 and SAE J2442 from 2.1.1. Added SAEJ2560, SAE J2650, and SAE J3069 references.
4.2.1 through 4.2.5 – Updated for modern technology and added provisions to ensure legibility.
5. – Clarified test voltage to be used.
5.1.1.1 – Added note for aiming of ADB system types.
Figure 5, Figure 6 – Changes made to improve pedestrian and obstacle detection.
6.8.5.1 – Clarified aim method to be used in the case of a headlamp incorporating ADB.
7.1 – Deleted “glass cover” and substituted “transparent cover” due to common use of other materials, moved to 6.9.
7.4, 7.4.1.3 – replaced “bulbs” with “light sources” due to new technology.
7.5 – Note added for stop-start system performance.
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Related Topics:
Headlamps
Light emitting diodes (LEDs)
Performance tests
Also known as: SAE J 1383
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