---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 169.711"
title: "46"
number: "169.711"
heading: "Emergency lighting."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/169.711"
---

# §169.711. Emergency lighting.

- (a) Each vessel must be equipped with a suitable number of portable battery lights.
- (b) Each vessel of 100 gross tons and over must satisfy the emergency lighting requirements for a miscellaneous self-propelled vessel as contained in [part 112](/cfr/46/part112.md) of this chapter.
- (c) Each vessel of less than 100 gross tons that has accommodation spaces located below the main deck must have permanently installed lighting which is connected to a single emergency power source or permanently installed, relay-controlled, battery-operated lanterns. The lighting or lanterns must be fitted along the avenues of escape, in the wheelhouse, and in the engine compartment.
  - (1) A single emergency power source, if provided, must be independent of the normal power source and must be either a generator or a storage battery.
- (d) The emergency power source and batteries for individual, battery-operated, lanterns must have the capacity to supply all connected loads simultaneously for at least 6 hours of continuous operations. If the emergency lighting is provided by battery power, then an automatic battery charger that maintains the battery(s) in a fully charged condition must be provided.
- (e) The emergency lighting system must be capable of being fully activated from a single location.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 6101; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 793; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; § 169.117 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: CGD 83-005, 51 FR 896, Jan. 9, 1986, unless otherwise noted.