---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 183.352"
title: "46"
number: "183.352"
heading: "Battery categories."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/183.352"
---

# §183.352. Battery categories.


This section applies to batteries installed to meet the requirements of [§ 183.310](/cfr/46/183.310.md) for secondary sources of power to vital loads, or sources of power to final emergency loads.

- (a) **Large.** A large battery installation is one connected to a battery charger having an output of more than 2 kilowatts (kw), computed from the highest possible charging current and the rated voltage of the battery installation.
- (b) **Small.** A small battery installation is one connected to a battery charger having an output of 2 kw or less, computed as above.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 997, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51050, Sept. 30, 1997]

### 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.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 997, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended by CGD 97-057, 62 FR 51050, Sept. 30, 1997]