School Bus Specifications - Texas Department of Public Safety

(5) SIDES____Battery1. Gasoline busses – 600/72 minute BCI rating2. Type C & D diesel buses – 1100/240 minutes BCI rating3. Type A diesel buses with or without AC or wheelchair lift – 1200/144minute BCI rating4. Gasoline buses with AC or wheelchair lift – 800/72 minute BCI rating5. Type C & D buses with AC or wheelchair lift – 1950/540 minute BCIrating____Battery and electrical compartments1. Skirt mounted slide-out tray and battery box on Type A diesel, C, and Dbodies2. Cables shall have sufficient length to allow full extension of compartment3. When three batteries are installed, the battery tray must be a roll outtype4. Type C and D bodies with A/C lift shall have a compartment mounted asclose as possible near the battery box for mounting circuit breakers____Door, service1. Passenger minimum size twenty four (24) inch by sixty eight (68) inch(Type A) and twenty four (24) inch by seventy two (72) inch (Type C&D)2. Manually, pneumatically, or electrically operated3. Power doors must allow for emergency manual operation4. Manual control shall not require more than twenty five (25) pounds offorce to operate on a ten (10) percent grade5. Located on right side opposite driver and open outwards6. Laminated safety glass in both upper and lower sections and set inrubber7. Vertical edges equipped with flexible material8. Head-impact area protected by energy absorbing padding minimumthree (3) inches wide, one (1) inch thick, full width of door opening9. Bottom of lower glass max ten (10) inches from top of bottom step10. Top of upper glass not more than three (3) inches from top of door____Fuel filler opening (Type C & D)1. Hinged cover to remain open when fueling or closed at all other times2. Lettering adjacent to fuel filler opening indicating fuel type____Lights, intermediate identification1. Must be LED2. Not required on buses less than thirty (30) feet long3. Sealed type light4. Surface mounted with rust proof material guard unless recessed5. Use a universal type sealed electrical plug connectorB-2C-1C-13C-6C-8Section G-7