[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: 46CFR113.43-3] [Page 272] 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 113.43_Steering Failure Alarm Systems Sec. 113.43-3 Alarm system. (a) Each vessel must have a steering failure alarm system that actuates an audible and visible alarm in the pilothouse when the actual position of the rudder differs by more than 5 degrees from the rudder position ordered by the followup control systems, required by part 58, subpart 58.25, of this chapter, for more than: (1) 30 seconds for ordered rudder position changes of 70 degrees; (2) 6.5 seconds for ordered rudder position changes of 5 degrees; and (3) The time period calculated by the following formula for ordered rudder positions changes between 5 degrees and 70 degrees: t = (R/2.76)+4.64 Where t = maximum time delay in seconds R = ordered rudder change in degrees (b) The alarm system must be separate from, and independent of, each steering gear control system, except for input received from the steering wheel shaft. [CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15272, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by CGD 94-108, 62 FR 23910, May 1, 1997; USCG-2004-18884, 69 FR 58348, Sept. 30, 2004]