---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 112.50-5"
title: "46"
number: "112.50-5"
heading: "Electric starting."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/112.50-5"
---

# §112.50-5. Electric starting.


An electric starting system must have a starting battery with sufficient capacity for at least six consecutive starts. A second, separate source of starting energy may provide three of the required six starts. If a second source is provided, the electrical starting system need only provide three consecutive starts.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28288, 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 94-108, 61 FR 28288, June 4, 1996]