CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER Q—EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL (parts 159 to 165) > PART 161—ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT > SUBPART 161.012—Personal Flotation Device Lights (§161.012-1 to §161.012-17) > 161.012-3—Definitions.

161.012-3—Definitions.

(a) As used in this subpart, PFD means Coast Guard approved personal flotation device.
(b) For the purpose of § 161.012-7, storage life means the amount of time after the date of manufacture of the power source of a light that the power source can be stored under typical marine environmental conditions on a vessel and still have sufficient power for the light to meet the requirements of § 161.012-9.