---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 111.12-9"
title: "46"
number: "111.12-9"
heading: "Generator cables."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/111.12-9"
---

# §111.12-9. Generator cables.

- (a) The current-carrying capacity of generator cables must not be:
  - (1) Less than 115 percent of the continuous generator rating; or
  - (2) **Less than 115 percent of the overload for a machine with a 2 hour or greater overload rating.**
- (b) Generator cables must not be in the bilges.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2. Section 111.05-20 and Subpart 111.106 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, unless otherwise noted.