{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-131.560","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 131.560","heading":"Weekly tests and inspections.","body":"The following tests and inspections must be carried out weekly:\n(a) Each lifesaving appliance and launching appliance must be visually inspected to ensure that it is ready for use.\n(b) Each engine of a lifeboat or a rescue boat must be run ahead and astern for not less than 3 minutes, unless the ambient temperature is below the minimal temperature required for starting the engine.\n(c) The general alarm system must be activated.\n(d) Each battery for starting the engine of a lifeboat or a rescue boat, or for energizing a searchlight, a fixed installation of a radio in a lifeboat, or a portable radio, must be brought up to full charge at least once a week if the battery is—\n(1) Of a type that requires recharging; and\n(2) Not connected to a device that keeps it continuously charged.\n(e) The transmitter of each fixed installation of a radio in a lifeboat and that of each portable radio must be tried out at least once a week with a dummy antenna load.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER L—OFFSHORE SUPPLY VESSELS","PART 131—OPERATIONS","Subpart E—Tests, Drills, and Inspections"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"121d290d7593508153de9d29a7d81c598b6dabd36624a523e551d9666c7d86f5","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-131.555","next":"us/46-cfr-131.565"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}