[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: 46CFR111.50-5]

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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 111.50--Overcurrent Protection
 
Sec. 111.50-5  Location of overcurrent protective devices.

    (a) Location in circuit. Overcurrent devices must be at the point 
where the conductor to be protected receives its supply, except as 
follows:
    (1) The generator overcurrent protective device must be on the 
ship's service generator switchboard. (See Sec. 111.12-11(g) for 
additional requirements.)
    (2) The overcurrent protection for the shore connection conductors 
must meet Sec. 111.30-25.
    (3) If the overcurrent device that protects the larger conductors 
also protects the smaller conductors, an overcurrent device is not 
required at the supply to the smaller conductors.
    (4) If the overcurrent device protecting the primary side of a 
single phase transformer (two wire with single-voltage secondary) also 
protects the conductors connected to the secondary side, as determined 
by multiplying the current-carrying capacity of the secondary conductor 
by the secondary to primary transformer voltage ratio, and this 
protection meets

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Sec. 111.20-15 of this chapter, an overcurrent device is not required at 
the supply to the secondary side conductors.
    (b) Location on vessel. Each overcurrent device:
    (1) Must be:
    (i) Readily accessible; and
    (ii) In a distribution panelboard, switchboard, motor controller, or 
similar enclosure; and
    (2) Must not be:
    (i) Exposed to mechanical damage; and
    (ii) Near an easily ignitable material or where explosive gas or 
vapor may accumulate.