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 111.30—Switchboards (§111.30-1 to §111.30-29) > 111.30-24—Generation systems greater than 3000 kw.

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.

Code of Federal Regulations

[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28279, June 4, 1996]