[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: 46CFR111.05-3] [Page 216] 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. 111.05-3 Design, construction, and installation; general. (a) An electric apparatus must be designed, constructed, and installed to prevent any person from accidentally contacting energized parts. (b) Exposed, noncurrent-carrying metal parts of fixed equipment that may become energized because of any condition must be grounded. (c) Exposed, noncurrent-carrying metal parts of portable equipment must be grounded through a conductor in the supply cable to the grounding pole in the receptacle. (d) If the installation of the electrical equipment does not ensure a positive ground to the metal hull or equivalent conducting body, the apparatus must be grounded to the the hull with a grounding conductor.