This standard specifies the terms and definitions, classification and naming, requirements, test methods, installation, inspection rules, marking, conformity certificates as well as packing of warning lamps for police cars, fire engines, ambulances and engineering rescue vehicles (hereinafter referred to as "warning lamps").
This standard is applicable to the warning lamps installed and used on police cars, fire engines, ambulances and engineering rescue vehicles.
2 Normative References
The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this standard, constitute provisions of this standard. For dated reference, subsequent amendments to, or revisions of, any of these publications do not apply. However, all parties coming to an agreement according to this standard are encouraged to study whether the latest editions of these documents are applicable. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies.
GB/T 2423.1 Environmental Testing for Electric and Electronic Products - Part 2: Test Methods - Tests B: Cold (GB/T 2423.1-2008, IEC 60068-2-1: 2007, IDT)
GB/T 2423.2 Environmental Testing for Electric and Electronic Products - Part 2: Test methods - Tests B: Dry heat (GB/T 2423.2-2008, IEC 60068-2-2: 2007, IDT)
GB/T 2423.10 Environmental Testing for Electric and Electronic Products - Part 2: Test Methods - Test Fc: Vibration (Sinusoidal) (GB/T 2423.10-2008, IEC 60068-2-6: 1995, IDT)
GB/T 2423.17 Environmental Testing for Electric and Electronic Products - Part 2: Test Methods - Tests Ka: Salt Mist (GB/T 2423.17-2008, IEC 60068-2-11: 1981, IDT)
GB/T 2828.1 Sampling Procedures for Inspection by Attributes - Part 1: Sampling Schemes Indexed by Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) for Lot-by-lot Inspection (GB/T 2828.1-2003, ISO 2859-1: 1999, IDT)
GB/T 3785 Electric, Sonic Properties and Measuring Methods for Sound Level Meters
GB/T 3979 Methods of Measuring the Color of Materials
GB 4599-2007 Motor Vehicle Headlamps Equipped with Filament Lamps
GB/T 6739 Paints and Varnishes - Determination of Film Hardness by Pencil Test (GB/T 6739-2006, ISO 15184: 1998, IDT)
GB/T 8417-2003 Colors of Light Signals
GB 15766.1 Lamps for Road Vehicles - Dimensional, Electrical and Luminous Requirements (GB 15766.1-2008, IEC 60809: 2004; ECE R37: 2006; ECE R99: 2006, NEQ)
GB/T 16422.2 Plastics - Methods of Exposure to Laboratory Light Sources Part 2: Xenon-arc Sources (GB/T 16422.2-1999, idt ISO 4892-2: 1994)
GB/T 19666 Flame Retardant and Fire Resistant Wires and Cables General
3 Terms and Definitions
For the purpose of this standard, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
Police cars
Vehicles for public security organs, national security organs, jails, reeducation-through-labor administrative authorities, people's courts as well as people's procuratorates to perform urgent tasks.
3.2
Fire engines
Special vehicles and scene-commanding vehicles used for fire extinguishment by public security fire brigades and other fire departments.
3.3
Ambulances
Special vehicles used for site medical rescue and auxiliary site medical rescue by emergency rescue and medical institutions as well as disease prevention and control institutions to transfer and rescue patients, or treat emergency epidemic and unexpected public health incidents.
3.4
Engineering rescue vehicles
Special vehicles and scene-commanding vehicles for flood prevention, water conservancy, electric power, mine, urban construction, traffic and railway departments to repair public utilities and rescue people's lives and properties.
3.5
Warning lamps
Lamps installed on police cars, fire engines, ambulances and engineering rescue vehicles to send out warning, alerting, danger or emergency signals.
3.6
Reference axis
A line which passes through the geometrical center of primary optical warning device and is parallel to the horizontal plane and vertical to the normal section of warning lamps.
3.7
Symmetry axis
A line which passes the central symmetry point of optical warning device and is parallel to the reference axis.
3.8
Primary optical warning device
Optical warning devices installed on the warning lamps to send out warning, alerting, danger or emergency signals.
Note: The adjacent independent primary optical warning devices which flicker synchronously may be used as a single primary optical warning device.
3.9
Secondary optical warning device
Secondary optical warning devices, installed on the warning lamps, whose flicker frequency and luminous intensity are lower than those of the primary optical warning devices.
3.10
Illuminating light
Light, installed on the warning lamps, which glows continuously for illumination.
3.11
Lampshade of primary optical warning device
An outer cover, made from transparent material, which encloses the primary optical warning device.
