---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 111.55-1"
title: "46"
number: "111.55-1"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/111.55-1"
---

# §111.55-1. General.

- (a) Each switch must meet Article 404 of NFPA 70 (incorporated by reference; see “[§ 110.10-1](/cfr/46/110.10-1.md) of this subchapter).
- (b) Each switch that is in the weather must be in a watertight enclosure and be externally operable.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65198, Oct. 31, 2008; 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 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65198, Oct. 31, 2008; USCG-2020-0075, 88 FR 16363, Mar. 16, 2023]