§ 29.71 - Warning light; performance requirements.  


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  • (a) Warning lights contained in the indicating devices of detectors shall:

    (1) Be visible within the normal visual field of miners working in the vicinity of the detector;

    (2) If incandescent, employ lamps of no less than 0.2 candlepower; or

    (3) If light-emitting diodes (LED's), have sufficient intensity to be discernible in the working place of an underground coal mine; and,

    (4) Be red in color.

    (b) The flash rate of the warning light shall be approximately one flash per second, and the duty cycle shall be sufficiently long to attract attention.