Regulations last checked for updates: May 01, 2025

Title 47 - Telecommunication last revised: Apr 23, 2025
§ 80.864 - Emergency electric lights.

(a) Emergency electric light(s) must be installed to illuminate the operating controls of the radiotelephone installation at the principal operating position, the card of instructions, and the radiotelephone station clock if the latter is not self-illuminated.

(b) The emergency electric light(s) must be energized from the reserve power supply, if a reserve power supply is required. In cases where a reserve power supply is not required, the emergency lights must be energized independently of the system which supplies the normal lighting.

authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-155,301; 3 U.S.T. 3450, 3 U.S.T. 4726, 12 U.S.T. 2377
source: 51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 47 CFR 80.864