---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 111.60-2"
title: "46"
number: "111.60-2"
heading: "Specialty cable for communication and RF applications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/111.60-2"
---

# §111.60-2. Specialty cable for communication and RF applications.


Specialty cable such as certain coaxial cable that cannot pass the flammability test contained in IEEE 1580, test FV-2/VW-1 of ANSI/UL 2556, IEC 60332-3-21:2018, or IEC 60332-3-22:2018 (all incorporated by reference; see [§ 110.10-1](/cfr/46/110.10-1.md) of this subchapter) because of unique properties of construction, must:

- (a) Be installed physically separate from all other cable; and
- (b) **Have fire stops installed—**
  - (1) At least every 7 meters (21.5 feet) vertically, up to a maximum of 2 deck heights;
  - (2) At least every 15 meters (46 feet) horizontally;
  - (3) At each penetration of an A or B Class boundary;
  - (4) At each location where the cable enters equipment; or
  - (5) **In a cableway that has an A-60 fire rating.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28280, June 4, 1996, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65198, 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 28280, June 4, 1996, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65198, Oct. 31, 2008; USCG-2013-0671, 78 FR 60153, Sept. 30, 2013; USCG-2020-0075, 88 FR 16363, Mar. 16, 2023]