davrus
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| posted on 27/9/10 at 06:41 AM |
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Lights
Hi ya
Looking through the I.V.A manual i can only see it states the fog light to be e.marked. Is that the only one or am i missing some details in the
manual.
I am sure i have seen a thread on this in the past but cant find it.
Many thanks
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adithorp
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| posted on 27/9/10 at 09:10 AM |
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There was never a requirement for lights to be E-marked. There were approved E-marks listed for various types of lights but none E-marked lights that
were of "similar brightness..." etc, to the E-marked items could be used. The disadvantage of that is it introduces a certain amount of
testers judgement into the equation and if in doubt, he'd fail them.
E-marks also have a number relating to the use it's approved for.The Approved numbers are in the appendix to the lighting regs. Just because a
light has an e-mark doesn't mean it's ok; It neads to be the right e-mark.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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40inches
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| posted on 27/9/10 at 11:37 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
There was never a requirement for lights to be E-marked. There were approved E-marks listed for various types of lights but none E-marked lights that
were of "similar brightness..." etc, to the E-marked items could be used. The disadvantage of that is it introduces a certain amount of
testers judgement into the equation and if in doubt, he'd fail them.
E-marks also have a number relating to the use it's approved for.The Approved numbers are in the appendix to the lighting regs. Just because a
light has an e-mark doesn't mean it's ok; It needs to be the right e-mark.
Now that throws up an interesting question! If no e-mark = similar brightness, so should be a pass. Wrong e-mark = fail?
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adithorp
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| posted on 27/9/10 at 01:02 PM |
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No, as long as it's similar then it's OK whatever the mark. I had front indicators that had the correct e-mark for m'bikes but not
cars and passed. Problem comes when the tester isn't willing to put his head on the line. They've probably got an opinion on most of the
lights available already, but if you turn up with something they've never seen/passed before...
Seems they've now dropped the list of e-marks that wer in the SVA appendix.
From the manual. Section 20, Instalation of lights.
"6.
All lamps must emit light of an equivalent brightness and colour when compared to an e approved lamp of the same type"
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davrus
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| posted on 28/9/10 at 05:05 PM |
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Interesting. So my front indicators dont have any emark printed on them , will they not pass I,V,A?
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adithorp
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| posted on 28/9/10 at 06:56 PM |
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They will pass... "if they emit light of an equivalent brightness and colour to an e approved lamp."
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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