---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 159.75"
title: "33"
number: "159.75"
heading: "Overcurrent protection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/159.75"
---

# §159.75. Overcurrent protection.


Overcurrent protection must be provided within the unit to protect subcomponents of the device if the manufacturer's recommended supply circuit overcurrent protection is not adequate for these subcomponents.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1322(b)(1); 49 CFR 1.45(b). Subpart E also issued under authority of sec. 1(a)(4), Pub. L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-83, 40 FR 4624, Jan. 30, 1975, unless otherwise noted.