---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 250.114"
title: "30"
number: "250.114"
heading: "How must I install, maintain, and operate electrical equipment?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/250.114"
---

# §250.114. How must I install, maintain, and operate electrical equipment?


The requirements in this section apply to all electrical equipment on all platforms, artificial islands, fixed structures, and their facilities.

- (a) You must classify all areas according to API Recommended Practice 500 (incorporated by reference, see [§ 250.198](/cfr/30/250.198.md)), or API Recommended Practice 505 (incorporated by reference, see [§ 250.198](/cfr/30/250.198.md)).
- (b) Employees who maintain your electrical systems must have expertise in area classification and the performance, operation and hazards of electrical equipment.
- (c) You must install all electrical systems according to API Recommended Practice 14F (incorporated by reference, see [§ 250.198](/cfr/30/250.198.md)), or API Recommended Practice 14FZ (incorporated by reference, see [§ 250.198](/cfr/30/250.198.md)).
- (d) On each engine that has an electric ignition system, you must use an ignition system designed and maintained to reduce the release of electrical energy.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 36149, June 6, 2016; 91 FR 35346, June 10, 2026]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751, 31 U.S.C. 9701, 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 36149, June 6, 2016; 91 FR 35346, June 10, 2026]