---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 129.360"
title: "46"
number: "129.360"
heading: "Semiconductor-rectifier systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/129.360"
---

# §129.360. Semiconductor-rectifier systems.

- (a) Each semiconductor-rectifier system must have an adequate heat-removal system to prevent overheating.
- (b) If a semiconductor-rectifier system is used in a propulsion system or in another vital system, it must—
  - (1) Have a current-limiting circuit;
  - (2) Have external overcurrent protection; and
  - (3) Comply with [Sections 4](/cfr/46/4.md)/5.84.2 and 4/5.84.4 of the “Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels” of the American Bureau of Shipping.

## 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.