[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: 46CFR111.30-17]



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                            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 111.30_Switchboards

 

Sec.  111.30-17  Protection of instrument circuits.



    (a) Each circuit that supplies a device on a switchboard, except a 

circuit under paragraph (b) of this section, must have overcurrent 

protection.

    (b) A circuit that supplies a device on a switchboard must not have 

overload protection if it supplies:

    (1) An electric propulsion control;

    (2) A voltage regulator;

    (3) A ship's service generator circuit breaker tripping control; or

    (4) A device that creates a hazard to the vessel if deenergized.

    (c) If short circuit protection is used in any of the circuits 

listed in paragraph (b) of this section, it must be set at not less than 

500% of the expected current.



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    (d) A secondary circuit of a current transformer must not be fused, 

and the circuit from a current transformer to a device that is not in 

the switchboard must have a high voltage protector to short the 

transformer during an open circuit.