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-24 -24 Generation systems greater than 3000 kW

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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:

Section 111.30-24 — full text

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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]

(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]

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46 CFR §111.30-24 — -24 -24 Generation systems greater than 3000 kW · CaptainsGround