---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 183.322"
title: "46"
number: "183.322"
heading: "Multiple generators."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/183.322"
---

# §183.322. Multiple generators.


When a vessel is equipped with two or more generators to supply ship's service power, the following requirements must be met:

- (a) Each generator must have an independent prime mover; and
- (b) The generator circuit breakers must be interlocked to prevent the generators from being simultaneously connected to the switchboard, except for the circuit breakers of a generator operated in parallel with another generator when the installation meets §§ [111.12-11(f)](/cfr/46/111.12-11.md?p=f) and [111.30-25(d)](/cfr/46/111.30-25.md?p=d) in subchapter J of this chapter.

## 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.