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The purpose of this SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) is to recommend general design and performance characteristics for hand-held portable, emergency lighting systems (note: the portable portion of this system that contains the lamp and reflector will be identified throughout the remainder of this document simply as a “flashlight”) intended for use by crew members of commercial aircraft during any emergency situation, within or outside of the aircraft cabin, where emergency lighting is required.

The purpose of this SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) is to recommend general design and performance characteristics for portable, hand-held emergency lighting systems intended for use by crew members of commercial aircraft during any emergency situation, within or outside of the aircraft cabin, where emergency lighting is required.

This document presents criteria for design and location of passenger reading lights in commercial aircraft. For LED reading light requirements, see ARP5873, titled: LED Passenger Reading Light Assembly.

This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) provides minimum standards and environmental design requirement recommendations for lighting and control in galley areas. It also addresses electrical shock hazard in galley areas.

This document covers the general recommendations for cabin lighting in order to provide satisfactory illumination for, but not limited to: a Boarding and deplaning b Movement about the cabin c Reading d Use of lavatories e Use of work areas f Exiting under emergency conditions g Using stowage compartments, coat rooms, and closets h Using interior stairways and elevators (lifts)