---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 77.506"
title: "30"
number: "77.506"
heading: "Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short-circuit protection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/77.506"
---

# §77.506. Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short-circuit protection.


Automatic circuit-breaking devices or fuses of the correct type and capacity shall be installed so as to protect all electric equipment and circuits against short circuit and overloads.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted.