---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 113.43-5"
title: "46"
number: "113.43-5"
heading: "Power supply."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/113.43-5"
---

# §113.43-5. Power supply.


Each steering failure alarm system must be supplied by a circuit that:

- (a) Is independent of other steering gear system and steering alarm circuits;
- (b) Is fed from the final emergency power source through the emergency distribution panel in the wheelhouse, if installed; and
- (c) Has no overcurrent protection except short-circuit protection by an instantaneous fuse or circuit breaker rated or set at 400 to 500 percent of:
  - (1) The current-carrying capacity of the smallest alarm system interconnecting conductors; or
  - (2) **The normal load of the system.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15272, Apr. 8, 1982, unless otherwise noted.