[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: 46CFR113.25-16]



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                            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.  113.25-16  Overcurrent protection.



    (a) Each fuse in a general emergency alarm system must meet the 

requirements of part 111, subpart 111.53, of this chapter.

    (b) Each overcurrent protection device must cause as wide a 

differential as possible between the rating of the branch circuit 

overcurrent protection device and that of the feeder overcurrent 

protection device.

    (c) The capacity of the feeder overcurrent device must be as near 

practicable to 200 percent of the load supplied. The capacity of a 

branch circuit overcurrent device must not be higher than 50 percent of 

the capacity of the feeder overcurrent device.



[CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28289, June 4, 1996]