---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 183.445"
title: "33"
number: "183.445"
heading: "Conductors: Protection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/183.445"
---

# §183.445. Conductors: Protection.

- (a) Each conductor or group of conductors that passes through a bulkhead, structural member, junction box, or other rigid surface must be protected from abrasion.
- (b) Each ungrounded terminal or stud that is continuously energized must meet [§ 183.455](/cfr/33/183.455.md) or must have a boot, nipple, cap, cover, or shield that prevents accidental short-circuiting at the terminals or studs.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 81-092, 48 FR 55736, Dec. 15, 1983]

### Source

Source: CGD 73-217, 42 FR 5944, Jan. 31, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; and Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. II, (92)(b). Subpart E is also authorized by Pub. L. 114-120, 130 Stat. 27

### Source

Source: CGD 72-61R, 37 FR 15782, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 81-092, 48 FR 55736, Dec. 15, 1983]