IEC 60810:2003/AMD2:2013

IEC 60810 ®
Edition 3.0 2013-02
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 2
AMENDEMENT 2
Lamps for road vehicles –
Performance requirements
Lampes pour véhicules routiers –
Prescriptions de performances
IEC 60810:2003/A2:2013
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IEC 60810 ®
Edition 3.0 2013-02
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
AMENDMENT 2
AMENDEMENT 2
Lamps for road vehicles –
Performance requirements
Lampes pour véhicules routiers –

Prescriptions de performances
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
CODE PRIX M
ICS 29.140.99 ISBN 978-2-83220-613-3

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FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by subcommittee 34A: Lamps, of IEC technical
committee 34: Lamps and related equipment.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
34A/1629/FDIS 34A/1646/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report
on voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC web site under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
_____________
1 Scope
Replace the existing first paragraph by the following:
This International Standard is applicable to lamps (filament lamps, discharge lamps and LED
light sources) to be used in headlamps, fog-lamps and signalling lamps for road vehicles. It is
especially applicable to those lamps which are listed in IEC 60809. However, the standard
may also be used for other lamps falling under the scope of this standard.
Renumber the existing note as Note 1.
Add the following new Notes 2 and 3:
NOTE 2 This standard does not apply to luminaires.
NOTE 3 In this standard, the term LED light source is used, in other standards the term LED lamps may be used
to describe similar products.
2 Normative references
Add the following references to the existing list:
CISPR 25, Vehicles, boats and internal combustion engines – Radio disturbance
characteristics – Limits and methods of measurement for the protection of on-board receivers
IEC 60061-1, Lamp caps and holders together with gauges for the control of
interchangeability and safety – Lamp caps

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IEC 60068-2-14, Environmental testing – Part 2–14: Tests – Test N: Change of temperature
UN/ECE Regulation No. 128, Uniform provisions concerning the approval of light emitting
diode (LED) light sources for use in approved lamp units on power-driven vehicles and their
trailers
3 Terms and definitions
3.2
characteristic life
Replace, after the term defined, "T" by "T (or T )".
c
3.4
lumen maintenance
Add the following two examples after the definition:
Example 1 L is the time in hours to 70 % lumen maintenance.
Example 2 L is the time in hours to 50 % lumen maintenance.
3.5
initial luminous flux
Replace the existing definition by the following:
luminous flux of a lamp measured after the ageing specified in Annex C of IEC 60809 for
filament lamps or in Annex D of this standard for discharge lamps or in Annex I of this
standard for LED light sources
Add, after 3.10, the following new terms and definitions:
3.11
life B
constant of the Weibull distribution indicating the time during which 10 % of a number of the
tested lamps of the same type have reached the end of their individual lives
3.12
LED package
solid state device embodying a p-n junction, emitting optical radiation when excited by an
electric current
Note 1 to entry: Examples are shown in Figure 1.
Note 2 to entry: In UNECE terminology the term "LED" is used with the same definition.

IEC  214/13
Figure 1 – Examples of LED packages

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3.13
LED light source
light source where the visible radiation is emitted from one or more LED(s)
Note 1 to entry: An LED light source may or may not require an additional electronic control gear and may or may
not require additional provisions for thermal management.
3.13.1
LED module
LED light source which can only be replaced with the use of mechanical tools
NOTE 1 LED modules are generally considered as components for use in trades, professions or industries and
are generally not intended for sale to the general public.
NOTE 2 Examples are shown in Figures 2 and 3.

V or I
IEC  215/13
Figure 2 – Example for an LED module without integrated heatsink

V or I
IEC  216/13
Figure 3 – Example for an LED module with integrated heatsink
3.13.2
replaceable LED light source
LED light source which can be easily replaced without the use of special tools
NOTE 1 Replaceable LED light sources are usually intended for sale to the general public as a replacement part.
NOTE 2 An example is shown in Figure 4.

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IEC  217/13
Figure 4 – Example for a replaceable LED light source
3.13.3
non-replaceable LED light source
LED light source which cannot be removed from the device or luminaire
NOTE 1 Non-replaceable LED light sources are usually intended as components for integration into the luminaire
or device by manufacturers. They are designed and intended to be indivisible parts of a lighting or light signalling
device, or of parts or modules or units of such devices.
NOTE 2 An example is shown in Figure 5.

Permanently fixed
to the device
V or I
IEC  218/13
Figure 5 – Example for a non-replaceable LED light source
3.14
T of a LED light source
p
temperature at a specified location on the surface of the LED light source (T -point) that can
p
be measured during operation of the light source and that can be correlated to the
temperature of the p-n junction of the LED
Note 1 to entry: The Tp-point is generally specified by the manufacturer of the LED light source or by its
datasheet.
3.15
electronic light source controlgear
one or more component(s) between supply and light source to control voltage and/or electrical
current of the light source
Add, after Clause 6, a new Clause 7 as follows:

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7 Requirements and test conditions for LED light sources
7.1 Basic function and interchangeability
LED light sources shall:
• be so designed as to be and to remain in good working order when in normal use;
• exhibit no fault in design or manufacture;
• exhibit no scores or spots on their optical surfaces which might impair their efficiency and
their optical performance.
Replaceable LED light sources shall be equipped with caps complying with IEC 60061-1. The
cap shall be strong and firmly secured to the rest of the LED light source.
To ascertain whether LED light sources conform to these requirements above, a visual
inspection, a dimension check and, where necessary, a trial fitting shall be carried out.
7.2 UV radiation
The UV-radiation of the LED light source shall be determined as:
400 nm
E (λ) S (λ) dλ
e
∫
λ=250nm
k =
UV
780 nm
k E (λ) V (λ) dλ
m e
∫
λ=380nm
where
S(λ) (unit: 1) is the spectral weighting function;
= 683 lm/W is the maximum value of the luminous efficacy of radiation.
k
m
This value shall be calculated using intervals of one nm. The UV-radiation shall be weighted
according to the values as indicated in Table 5.
Table 5 – Weighting values for calculation of k
UV
λ S(λ) λ S(λ) λ S(λ)
250 0,430 305 0,060 355 0,000 16
255 0,520 310 0,015 360 0,000 13
260 0,650 315 0,003 365 0,000 11
265 0,810 320 0,001 370 0,000 09
270 1,000 325 0,000 50 375 0,000 077
275 0,960 330 0,000 41 380 0,000 064
280 0,880 335 0,000 34 385 0,000 530
285 0,770 340 0,000 28 390 0,000 044
290 0,640 345 0,000 24 395 0,000 036
295 0,540 350 0,000 20 400 0,000 030
300 0,300
NOTE Values according to "ICNIRP Guidelines on limits of exposure to ultraviolet radiation".
Wavelengths (in nanometers) chosen are representative; other values should be interpolated.

-5
If k ≤ 10 W/lm the light source is of the low-UV type.
UV
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7.3 Lumen and colour maintenance
The lumen maintenance value L and the colour maintenance shall be measured on a test
quantity of at least 20 LED light sources according to the procedure given in Annex I.
For very small production batches a test quantity less than 20 may be acceptable.
The manufacturer shall declare and determine the L -T and L -B values.
70 c 70 10
The measured values shall be not less than the value declared by the manufacturer.
For LED light sources which were approved under the corresponding UN/ECE Regulation 128,
the L -B values shall be not less than specified in the Table 6.
70 10
Table 6 – Minimum L -B values for standardised LED light sources
70 10
Category according to Minimum L -B
70 10
UN/ECE R 128
(h)
a
2 200
LR1
b
1 000
a
low power function
b
high power function
Table 7 shows typical “on”-time values for the different functions per 100 000 km, for
information.
Table 7 – Typical “on”-times for the different functions per
a
100 000 km drive distance, based on an average speed of 33,6 km/h
Intended application Typical “on” times in hours per
100 000 km drive distance
b
Rear registration plate lamp 1 100
Direction indicator lamp 250
b
Front and rear position lamp 1 100
Stop lamp 500
End-outline marker lamp 1 100
Reversing lamp 50
Rear fog lamp 50
Daytime running lamp (DRL) 2 000
b
Side marker lamp 1 100
Cornering lamp 100
Low beam lamp (passi
...