---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 183.354"
title: "46"
number: "183.354"
heading: "Battery installations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/183.354"
---

# §183.354. Battery installations.

- (a) **Large batteries.** Each large battery installation must be located in a locker, room or enclosed box solely dedicated to the storage of batteries. Ventilation must be provided in accordance with [§ 111.15-10](/cfr/46/111.15-10.md) in subchapter J of this chapter. Electrical equipment located within the battery enclosure must be approved by an independent laboratory for Class I, Division 1, Group B hazardous locations and meet [§ 111.105](/cfr/46/111.105.md) in subchapter J of this chapter.
- (b) **Small batteries.** Each small battery installation must be located in a well ventilated space and protected from falling objects. A small battery installation must not be in a closet, storeroom or similar space.

## 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.