[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR111.05-23]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 111--ELECTRIC SYSTEMS--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart 111.05--Equipment Ground, Ground Detection, and Grounded Systems
 
Sec. 111.05-23  Location of ground indicators.

    Ground indicators must:
    (a) Be at the vessel's ship's service generator distribution 
switchboard for the normal power, normal lighting, and emergency 
lighting systems;
    (b) Be at the propulsion switchboard for propulsion systems; and
    (c) Be readily accessible.
    (d) Be provided (at the distribution switchboard or at another 
location, such as a centralized monitoring position for the circuit 
affected) for each feeder circuit that is isolated from the main source 
by a transformer or other device.
    Note to paragraph (d): An alarm contact or indicating device 
returned to the main switchboard via a control cable, that allows the 
detecting equipment to remain near the transformer or other isolating 
device for local troubleshooting, is allowed.

[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by CGD 94-108, 61 FR 
28276, June 4, 1996; 62 FR 23907, May 1, 1997]

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