A high quality monitoring system with automatic paging capability will relieve you of having to maintain a constant vigil at your tower location as expressed by 17 47 of the faa lighting towers rule.
Faa tower light monitoring.
Examples of fcc rules in regard to tower light regulations.
Itl llc tower light monitoring systems provide documented compliance with faa regulations for monitoring of tower obstruction lighting systems.
If however the faa s standards allow more than one lighting or painting option for a particular structure the person seeking faa clearance for a tower may indicate on faa form 7460 1m which of the specified types of marking and lighting systems is desired.
Individual alarm outputs for photocell flasher beacon and marker failures general alarm output for any failure type.
Flash technology provides tower light monitoring solutions that comply with faa advisory circular 70 7460 1l and fcc title 47 code of federal regulations these directives state that the owner of any antenna structure is required to visually inspect the antenna structure s lights every 24 hours to ensure that all tower lighting is functioning properly.
This change is effective february 1 2007.
In this new environment with stricter tower light regulations you must protect yourself with an automatic tower light monitoring system.
This change amends the federal aviation administration s standards for marking and lighting structures to promote aviation safety.
The tlm 2 tower light monitor is a microprocessor based system designed to monitor the status of faa type a incandescent and led tower lights.
In addition the federal communications commission governs monitoring requirements for airport obstruction lights.
The faa advisory circulars set forth detailed specifications for lighting and painting.
You must observe tower lights at least once every 24 hours either visually or through an automatic indicator.
Advanced remote site monitoring equipment will alert you automatically when your tower lights go out.