Many of the lighting devices on motor vehicles are required and are essential to operation on the highway. To maintain lighting performance, it is important that the bulb and sealed unit types employed be readily available, when needed, throughout the country in normal service channels. Therefore, this SAE Standard lists an assortment of current popular types, together with their design characteristics, which are recommended for use wherever practicable. It is recognized that because of constantly changing and improving technology, the list may be incomplete. Also, instances may arise in the design of some devices which require the employment of other types while achieving the desired performance.
Some of the design characteristics in this standard are listed solely for the sake of standardization and have no bearing on how lamp bulbs perform in lighting devices on the highway. A condensed list of specifications and their applicable tolerances is presented in SAE J1049.
The Signaling and Marking Devices Standards Committee is part of the Lighting Systems Steering Committee that reports to the Motor Vehicle Council (MVC). The Committee is responsible for developing and maintaining SAE Standards, Recommended Practices, and Information Reports related to exterior lighting devices used on passenger cars, light trucks, vans and multipurpose vehicles. The Committee monitors the development of related technologies and determines how they may be applied to signaling and marking devices, while also working towards the development of standards to aid in the application of various technologies. The following task forces have been developed under the committee's scope: J1889 LED Signal Lighting Task Force New Technology Signal Lighting Task Force J2030 Discharge Signal Lighting Task Force Geometric Visibility Task Force Miniature Bulb Task Force J593 Backup Lamp (Reversing Lamp) Task Force J2087 Daytime Running Lamp Task Force Side Mirror Turn Signal Task Force Participants in the SAE Signaling and Marking Devices Standards Committee include OEMs, suppliers, consulting firms, government, and other interested parties.
* Redlines comparisons are available for those standards
listed in the Revision History that contain a radio button. A
redline comparison of the current version against a revision is
accomplished by selecting the radio button next to the standard and
then selecting 'compare'. At this time, Redline versions only exist
for some AMS standards. SAE will continue to add redline versioning
with ongoing updates to SAE MOBILUS.
View/Annotate
Content Loading, Please Wait
Document Preview
Content Loading, Please Wait
Document Comparison
Content Loading, Please Wait
Download
A list of downloadable items.
Product Code
Document Title
File Type
Download
J573E_197308
LAMP BULBS AND SEALED UNITS
Export Metadata
This modal will allow the user to download citation information or export specific fields of data into one of three file formats: Excel, comma-separated values, or text.
You are currently not logged into your Dashboard account, which is required for annotating.
Please select Login to login or register for the Dashboard. Select Continue to view the content without the ability to annotate.
Redline Warning
You are currently not logged into your Dashboard account, which is required for annotating.
Please select Login to login or register for the Dashboard. Select Continue to view the content without the ability to annotate.
Data Set Warning
LAMP BULBS AND SEALED UNITS
SAE Journal Subscriptions are available in a variety of options, which include electronic, electronic with back file, and archive. For detailed information and options, please complete the following:
Content Request
Check My Access!
You may already have access to the Ground Vehicle Standard, LAMP BULBS AND SEALED UNITS
Subscription Access
If you have Subscription Access with a username and password, please login below.
Institutional Login
If you have Institutional Access to SAE MOBILUS, using a predetermined organizational login utilizing single-sign-on (Shibboleth), please login below. To request institutional access to SAE MOBILUS, please complete the institutional subscription information form.
Purchase
If you do not have access to SAE MOBILUS via username/password or institutional access, you can still purchase the Ground Vehicle Standard, LAMP BULBS AND SEALED UNITS.
Search Tips: Search Operators:AND, OR, NOT; Wild Cards; Using Quotes
SAE MOBILUS® Search Tips
Please note: All terms not contained within quotes, will be evaluated using the OR operator. This means that your search results will contain all results that contain ANY of the entered terms.
AND, OR, NOT
SAE MOBILUS supports the use of the AND, OR and NOT BOOLEAN operators ONLY function with the Advanced Search.
Wild Cards
Using the asterisk, ( * ) allows you to search for a partial word. For example, entering a keyword search of aero* will search for any word beginning with aero.
Using the question mark, ( ? ) allows you to search for a word with a single character wildcard. For example, searching for t?re would match both tire and tyre
Using Quotes
Words in double quotes " " are treated as a phrase. Conducting a search for "heat model" will return all results in which the exact phrase "heat model" is found, while "heat modeling" would NOT be included.
A term combined with a phrase will be joined with an OR operator.
Searching for Standards
When searching for a standard please use the entire Document Number assigned, which includes the abbreviation. A space can be used, or omitted between the abbreviation and number.
