---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 183.210"
title: "46"
number: "183.210"
heading: "Protection from wet and corrosive environments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/183.210"
---

# §183.210. Protection from wet and corrosive environments.

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

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 997, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.