Automotive lighting lamp signal lamp types, characteristics, uses inventory

Automotive lighting is an essential lighting equipment for night driving, in order to improve the driving speed of the car to ensure the safety of night driving, the car is equipped with a variety of lighting equipment. Automotive lighting according to the installation location and use of different, generally can be divided into: external lighting devices, internal lighting devices. Automotive lighting types, features and uses are shown in the table below:

Types

Working characteristics

Use

External lighting

Headlights

White light, far and near light changes

For the driver's safety and security, the car is equipped with a variety of lighting equipment.

To provide drivers with safe driving

Fog lamps

Yellow, orange or red, single filament is always on

To ensure effective lighting and provide signals in rain, snow and fog

License plate lamps

White, always on

Used to illuminate the rear license plate of the car

Interior lighting

Headlamps

White, always on

Used to illuminate the interior of the car at night

Instrumentation lamps

White, always on

Used to illuminate the interior of the vehicle at night

Instrumentation lamps<

white, bright

for night observation of the instrumentation when the lighting

luggage compartment light

white, bright

for the night to take the luggage items when the lighting

In addition to the lighting on the car, there are used to indicate other vehicles or pedestrians light signal signals, these lamps are known as signal lamps. Signal lamps are also divided into external signal lamps and internal signal lamps, external signal lamps refer to the turn signal lamps, brake lamps, taillights, wide lamps, reversing lamps, internal signal lamps refer to the instrument panel indicators, mainly steering, oil pressure, charging, braking, closing prompts and other instrumentation indicators. The types, characteristics and uses of automotive signal lights are shown in the table below:

Types

Characteristics at work

Uses

Outside signal lights

Turn signals

Amber color, flashing alternately

Informs passers-by or other vehicles that they will be turning

Width light

White or amber, constantly illuminated

Marks the width profile of the vehicle

Parking light

White or red, constantly illuminated

Marks that the vehicle has stopped

Brake light

Red, constantly illuminated

Indicates that it has slowed down or that it will be stopping

Reversing light

White, constantly illuminated

Informs passers-by or other vehicles that they will be Reverse

Internal signal light

Turn indicator light

White, flashing

Informs the driver of the vehicle's direction of travel

Other indicator lights

White, always on

Informs the driver of the vehicle's condition