§ 111.75-16 Lighting of survival craft and rescue boats.

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Title 46 CFR: Shipping › Chapter I: COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY › Part 111: ELECTRIC SYSTEMS—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Subpart 111.75: Subpart 111.75—Lighting Circuits and Protection › § 111.75-16: § 111.75-16 Lighting of survival craft and rescue boats.

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(a) During preparation, launching, and recovery, each survival craft and rescue boat, its launching appliance, and the area of water into which it is to be launched or recovered must be adequately illuminated by lighting supplied from the emergency power source.

(b) The arrangement of circuits must be such that the lighting for adjacent launching stations for survival craft or rescue boats is supplied by different branch circuits.

[CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28282, June 4, 1996]

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