IEC 60809:2021

IEC 60809:2021

April 2021
International standard Current

Lamps and light sources for road vehicles - Dimensional, electrical and luminous requirements

IEC 60809:2021 is applicable to electric light sources for use in automotive applications, for example in road illumination devices and/or light signalling devices for road vehicles.It is especially applicable to light sources listed in UN Resolution R.E.5 and light sources subject to other legislations.This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2014, Amendment 1:2017, Amendment 2:2017 and Amendment 3:2019. This edition constitutes a technical revision.This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:a) Introduction of a light technical measurement on LED light sources intended for use in front-lighting applications.b) As the original data sheets and some figures from previous editions were not available in an editable format, they have been reproduced from their old format, following the current drafting rules and are now in single language format. Some reproductions constitute minor (obvious) editorial changes of the original text sections and original figures; no technical changes were introduced.

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International IEC standards

Publication date

April 2021

Number of pages

94 p.

Reference

IEC 60809:2021

Print number

4
Sumary
Lamps and light sources for road vehicles - Dimensional, electrical and luminous requirements

IEC 60809:2021 is applicable to electric light sources for use in automotive applications, for example in road illumination devices and/or light signalling devices for road vehicles.
It is especially applicable to light sources listed in UN Resolution R.E.5 and light sources subject to other legislations.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2014, Amendment 1:2017, Amendment 2:2017 and Amendment 3:2019. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) Introduction of a light technical measurement on LED light sources intended for use in front-lighting applications.
b) As the original data sheets and some figures from previous editions were not available in an editable format, they have been reproduced from their old format, following the current drafting rules and are now in single language format. Some reproductions constitute minor (obvious) editorial changes of the original text sections and original figures; no technical changes were introduced.
Replaced standards (5)
International standard Cancelled
Interpretation sheet 1 of publication IEC 60809/A1:2017

IEC 60809:2014
December 2014
International standard Cancelled
Lamps for road vehicles - Dimensional, electrical and luminous requirements

IEC 60809:2014 is applicable to replaceable and standardised lamps (filament lamps, discharge lamps and LED light sources) to be used in headlamps, fog-lamps and signalling lamps for road vehicles. In some applications, these lamps may be installed as non-replaceable. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (1995), its Amendment 1 (1996), its Amendment 2 (2002), its Amendment 3 (2004), its Amendment 4 (2009) and its Amendment 5 (2012). This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) the introduction of requirements for non-replaceable filament lamps; b) the introduction of requirements for LED light sources.

International standard Cancelled
Amendment 3 - Lamps for road vehicles - Dimensional, electrical and luminous requirements

IEC 60809:2014/AMD2:2017
November 2017
International standard Cancelled
Amendment 2 - Lamps for road vehicles - Dimensional, electrical and luminous requirements

International standard Cancelled
Amendment 1 - Lamps for road vehicles - Dimensional, electrical and luminous requirements

The contents of the interpretation sheet 1 of July 2017 have been included in this copy.

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