[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 46, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 46CFR113.25-11]



[Page 266]

 

                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 113_COMMUNICATION AND ALARM SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart 113.25_General Emergency Alarm Systems

 

Sec.  113.25-11  Contact makers.



    Each contact maker must--

    (a) Have normally open contacts and be constructed in accordance 

with NEMA 250 Type 4 or 4X or IEC IP 56 requirements;

    (b) Have a switch handle that can be maintained in the ``on'' 

position;

    (c) Have the ``off'' and ``on'' positions of the operating handle 

permanently marked; and

    (d) Have an inductive load rating not less than the connected load 

or, on large vessels, have auxiliary devices to interrupt the load 

current.



[CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28288, June 4, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 23910, May 

1, 1997]