[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: 46CFR113.25-20]



[Page 266-267]

 

                            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.  113.25-20  Marking of equipment.



    (a) Each general emergency alarm system fused switch and 

distribution panel must have a fixed nameplate on the outside of its 

cover that has a description of its function. The rating of fuses must 

also be shown on the outside of the cover of a fused switch.



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    (b) Each general alarm contact maker must be marked ``GENERAL 

ALARM'' in red letters on a corrosion-resistant plate or on a sign.

    (c) A contact maker that operates only the general emergency alarm 

signal in crew quarters, machinery spaces, and work spaces must be 

marked ``CREW ALARM'' by the method described in paragraph (b) of this 

section.

    (d) Each general emergency alarm signal must be marked ``GENERAL 

ALARM--WHEN EMERGENCY ALARM SIGNAL RINGS GO TO YOUR STATION'' in red 

letters at least \1/2\ inch high.

    (e) Each general emergency alarm system distribution panel must have 

a directory attached to the inside of its cover giving the designation 

of each circuit, the area supplied by each circuit, and the rating of 

each circuit fuse.



[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15272, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by USCG-2004-18884, 

69 FR 58348, Sept. 30, 2004]