CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER J—ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (parts 110 to 113) > PART 111—ELECTRIC SYSTEMS—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS > SUBPART 111.05—Equipment Ground, Ground Detection, and Grounded Systems (§111.05-1 to §111.05-37) > 111.05-23—Location of ground indicators.

111.05-23—Location of ground indicators.

Ground indicators must:
(a) Be at the vessel's ship's service generator distribution switchboard for the normal power, normal lighting, and emergency lighting systems;
(b) Be at the propulsion switchboard for propulsion systems; and
(c) Be readily accessible.
(d) Be provided (at the distribution switchboard or at another location, such as a centralized monitoring position for the circuit affected) for each feeder circuit that is isolated from the main source by a transformer or other device.

Code of Federal Regulations

Note to paragraph (d): An alarm contact or indicating device returned to the main switchboard via a control cable, that allows the detecting equipment to remain near the transformer or other isolating device for local troubleshooting, is allowed.

Code of Federal Regulations

[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28276, June 4, 1996; 62 FR 23907, May 1, 1997]