---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.178"
title: "46"
number: "154.178"
heading: "Contiguous hull structure: Heating system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.178"
---

# §154.178. Contiguous hull structure: Heating system.


The heating system for transverse and longitudinal contiguous hull structure must:

- (a) Be shown by a heat load calculation to have the heating capacity to meet [§ 154.174(b)(2)](/cfr/46/154.174.md?p=b-2) or [§ 154.176(b)(2)](/cfr/46/154.176.md?p=b-2);
- (b) Have stand-by heating to provide 100% of the required heat load and distribution determined under [paragraph (a)](#a); and
- (c) **Meet Parts 52, 53, and 54 of this chapter.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted.