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46 CFR 111.05-3: -3 Design, construction, and installation; general.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46—Shipping
- CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER J—ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
- PART 111—ELECTRIC SYSTEMS—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
- Subpart 111.05—Equipment Ground, Ground Detection, and Grounded Systems
(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) In a grounded distribution system, only grounded, three-prong appliances may be used. Adaptors that allow an ungrounded, two-prong appliance to fit into a grounded, three-prong, receptacle must not be used. This does not apply to double-insulated appliances or tools and low voltage appliances of 50 volts or less.
(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 hull with a grounding conductor.
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