[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: 46CFR111.15-20]

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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 111.15--Storage Batteries and Battery Chargers: Construction and 
                              Installation
 
Sec. 111.15-20  Conductors.

    (a) Each conductor penetration to a battery room must be made 
watertight.
    (b) The termination of each cable must be sealed to prevent the 
entrance of electrolyte by spray or creepage.
    (c) Each connecting cable must have sufficient capacity to carry the 
maximum charging current or maximum

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discharge current, whichever is greater, while maintaining the proper 
voltage at the load end.

[CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28278, June 4, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 23908, May 
1, 1997]