Current textIn force on Nov. 18, 2024Source: eCFR
§ 393.23 Power supply for lamps.
Current wording, in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2005.
49 CFR § 393.23 — Power supply for lamps.. Text in force on November 18, 2024. This wording effective October 1, 2005 to present. Source: eCFR as of November 18, 2024, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2024-11-18/title-49/section-393.23. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/393.23?asof=2024-11-18, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.
All required lamps must be powered by the electrical system of the motor vehicle with the exception of battery powered lamps used on projecting loads.
[70 FR 48046, Aug. 15, 2005]
Amendment history
2 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996- [70 FR 48046, Aug. 15, 2005]
- Oct. 1, 1996 → Oct. 1, 2005annual editions 1996–2004
A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.