---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 129.420"
title: "46"
number: "129.420"
heading: "Branch circuits for lighting on OSVs of 100 or more gross tons."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/129.420"
---

# §129.420. Branch circuits for lighting on OSVs of 100 or more gross tons.


On each vessel of 100 or more gross tons, each branch circuit for lighting must comply with [§ 111.75-5](/cfr/46/111.75-5.md) of this chapter, except that—

- (a) Appliance loads, electric-heater loads, and isolated small-motor loads may be connected to a lighting-distribution panelboard; and
- (b) Branch circuits, other than for lighting, connected to the lighting-distribution panelboard permitted by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section may have fuses or circuit breakers rated at more than 30 amperes.

## 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.