[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: 46CFR111.12-3]



[Page 218]

 

                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

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

 

PART 111_ELECTRIC SYSTEMS_GENERAL REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart 111.12_Generator Construction and Circuits

 

Sec.  111.12-3  Excitation.



    Excitation must meet sections 4/5C2.19.1, 4/5D2.5.1, 4/5D2.5.2, and 

4/5D2.17.6 of the ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels or, 

for a mobile offshore drilling unit, section 4/3.23 of the ABS Rules for 

Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, except a static 

exciter must not be used for excitation of an emergency generator unless 

it is provided with a permanent magnet or a residual magnetism type 

exciter that has the capability of voltage build-up after two months of 

no operation.



[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by CGD 94-108, 61 FR 

28277, June 4, 1996; 62 FR 23908, May 1, 1997]