---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1407.2"
title: "16"
number: "1407.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1407.2"
---

# §1407.2. Definitions.

- (a) The definitions in section 3 of the Consumer Product Safety Act ([15 U.S.C. 2052](/usc/15/2052.md)) apply to this part 1407.
- (b) A portable generator is an internal combustion engine-driven electric generator rated no higher than 15 kilowatts and 250 volts that is intended to be moved for temporary use at a location where utility-supplied electric power is not available. It has receptacle outlets for the alternating-current (AC) output circuits, and may have alternating- or direct-current (DC) sections for supplying energy to battery charging circuits.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2076(e).

### Source

Source: 72 FR 1450, Jan. 12, 2007, unless otherwise noted.