[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: 46CFR111.51-3]

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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 111.51--Coordination of Overcurrent Protective Devices
 
Sec. 111.51-3  Protection of vital equipment.

    (a) The coordination of overcurrent protective devices must be 
demonstrated for all potential plant configurations.
    (b)Overcurrent protective devices must be installed so that:
    (1) A short-circuit on a circuit that is not vital to the 
propulsion, control, or safety of the vessel does not trip equipment 
that is vital; and
    (2) A short-circuit on a circuit that is vital to the propulsion, 
control, or safety of the vessel is cleared only by the protective 
device that is closest to the point of the short-circuit.

[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by CGD 94-108, 62 FR 
23908, May 1, 1997]