---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 129.210"
title: "46"
number: "129.210"
heading: "Protection from wet and corrosive environments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/129.210"
---

# §129.210. Protection from wet and corrosive environments.

- (a) Electrical equipment used in the following spaces must be drip-proof:
  - (1) **A machinery space.**
  - (2) A space normally exposed to splashing, water wash-down, or other wet conditions within a galley, a laundry, or a public washroom or toilet room that has a bath or shower.
  - (3) **Every other space with similar wet conditions.**
- (b) Electrical equipment exposed to the weather must be watertight.
- (c) Electrical equipment exposed to corrosive environments must be of suitable construction and must be resistant to corrosion.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49332, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.