---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 112.43-7"
title: "46"
number: "112.43-7"
heading: "Navigating bridge distribution panel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/112.43-7"
---

# §112.43-7. Navigating bridge distribution panel.

- (a) Except as allowed in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, the following emergency lights must be supplied from a distribution panel on the navigating bridge:
  - (1) **Navigation lights not supplied by the navigation light indicator panel.**
  - (2) Lights for survival craft launching operations under [§ 111.75-16](/cfr/46/111.75-16.md), except as allowed in [§ 112.43-5](/cfr/46/112.43-5.md).
  - (3) **Signaling lights.**
  - (4) **Emergency lights—**
    - (i) On open decks;
    - (ii) On the navigating bridge;
    - (iii) In the chartroom;
    - (iv) In the fire control room; and
    - (v) **For navigation equipment.**
- (b) On a mobile offshore drilling unit, the distribution panel required in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must be in the control room.
- (c) Each distribution panel required in paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section must have a fused switch or circuit breaker for each branch circuit.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15267, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28287, June 4, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15267, Apr. 8, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15267, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28287, June 4, 1996]