46 CFR § 111.30-24 - Generation systems greater than 3000 kW.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s111.30-24"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 111.30-24 - Generation systems greater than 3000 kW."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "111.30-24"
section_name: "Generation systems greater than 3000 kW."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING"
part_number: "111"
part_name: "ELECTRIC SYSTEMS—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2. Section 111.05-20 and Subpart 111.106 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905."
regulatory_source: "CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "111"
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# 111.30-24 Generation systems greater than 3000 kW.
Except on a non-self-propelled mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) and a non-self-propelled floating Outer Continental Shelf facility, when the total installed electric power of the ship's service generation system is more than 3000 kW, the switchboard must have the following:
(a) At least two sections of the main bus that are connected by:
(1) A non-automatic circuit breaker;
(2) A disconnect switch; or
(3) Removable links.
(b) As far as practicable, the connection of generators and duplicated equipment equalized between the sections of the main bus.
[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28279, June 4, 1996]