---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 111.53-1"
title: "46"
number: "111.53-1"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/111.53-1"
---

# §111.53-1. General.

- (a) **Each fuse must—**
  - (1) **Meet the general provisions of Article 240 of NFPA 70 or IEC 60092-202—** 2016 (both incorporated by reference; see “[§ 110.10-1](/cfr/46/110.10-1.md) of this subchapter) as appropriate.
  - (2) Have an interrupting rating sufficient to interrupt the asymmetrical RMS short-circuit current at the point of application; and
- (b) Renewable link cartridge-type fuses must not be used.
- (c) Each fuse installation must provide for ready access to test the condition of the fuse.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28279, June 4, 1996, as amended by61 FR 33045, June 26, 1996; USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65197, Oct. 31, 2008; USCG-2013-0671, 78 FR 60153, Sept. 30, 2013; USCG-2020-0075, 88 FR 16363, Mar. 16, 2023]

### 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.

### Amendments

[CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28279, June 4, 1996, as amended by61 FR 33045, June 26, 1996; USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65197, Oct. 31, 2008; USCG-2013-0671, 78 FR 60153, Sept. 30, 2013; USCG-2020-0075, 88 FR 16363, Mar. 16, 2023]