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FMVSS No. 108

Paragraph S7.5(b) specifies that any replaceable bulb headlamp system shall be designed to conform to the appropriate photometric requirements of the standard using any light source of the Type intended for use in such system.  Paragraph S7.7 specifies that each replaceable light source shall be designed to conform to the design specifications furnished with respect to it pursuant to part 564.  The table below is a tabulated summation of the entries for replaceable light sources filed in Docket No. NHTSA 98-3397, pursuant to Part 564, for use in motor vehicles (except motorcycles), plus some of their major design characteristics.

Please Note:

1. No other bulb type is allowed for use in an original equipment application if it is not filed in Docket No. NHTSA 98-3397.

2.  Each light source has a maximum allowable wattage.

3.  Each light source specifies the allowable coatings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part 564

Replaceable Light Source Types

 

Allowable Bulb Types

Trade Name

Max. Watts

Luminous Flux (lm)

Coating, filtering, tinting

Remarks

Primary

Alternative

9500

 

9500

36.5

2800 ± 400

none

HID

D2R

D1R

D2R

38

D2R

2800 ± 450

Black stripes.

HID

D1R

D1R

2800 ± 450

Black stripes.

D2S

D1S

D2S

38

D2S

3200 ± 450

none

HID

D1S

D1S

3200 ± 450

none

H1

 

H1

65

1410 ± 210

none

Single axial filament

H3

 

H3

65

1310 ± 195

none

Single transverse filament

H7

 

H7

55.6

1350 ± 12%

Black cap

Single axial filament

H8

 

H8

41

730 ± 110

Black cap

Single axial filament

H9

 

H9

70

2000 ± 240

none

Single axial filament

H11

 

H11

59

1250 ± 150

Black cap

Single axial filament

HB1

 

9004

Low Beam

50

700 ± 15%

Black cap

Dual transverse filaments

High Beam

70

1200 ± 15%

HB2

 

9003

Low Beam

65

910 ± 10%

Black cap

Dual axial filaments

High Beam

72

1500 ± 10%

HB3

HB3A

9005

70

1700 ± 12%

none

Single axial filament 

HB3A has straight base

HB4

HB4A

9006

60

1000 ± 15%

Black cap

Single axial filament

HB4A has straight base

HB5

 

9007

Low Beam

60

1000 ± 15%

Black cap

Dual axial filament

High Beam

70

1350 ± 15%

HIR1

 

9011

70

2300 ± 15%

Durable infrared coating

Single axial filament

HIR2

 

9012

60

1700 ± 15%

Durable infrared coating

Single axial filament