---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 120.378"
title: "46"
number: "120.378"
heading: "Ungrounded systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/120.378"
---

# §120.378. Ungrounded systems.


Each ungrounded system must be provided with a suitably sensitive ground detection system, located at the respective switchboard, that provides continuous indication of circuit status to ground with a provision to momentarily remove the indicating device from the reference ground.


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 62 FR 51352, Sept. 30, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 928, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 62 FR 51352, Sept. 30, 1997]