46 CFR § 112.50-5 - Electric starting.

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title: "46 CFR § 112.50-5 - Electric starting."
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section_number: "112.50-5"
section_name: "Electric starting."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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subchapter_name: "ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING"
part_number: "112"
part_name: "EMERGENCY LIGHTING AND POWER SYSTEMS"
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authority: "46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2."
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# 112.50-5 Electric starting.

An electric starting system must have a starting battery with sufficient capacity for at least six consecutive starts. A second, separate source of starting energy may provide three of the required six starts. If a second source is provided, the electrical starting system need only provide three consecutive starts.

[CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28288, June 4, 1996]