---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 183.432"
title: "46"
number: "183.432"
heading: "Emergency lighting."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/183.432"
---

# §183.432. Emergency lighting.

- (a) Each vessel must have adequate emergency lighting fitted along the line of escape to the main deck from all passenger and crew accommodation spaces located below the main deck.
- (b) The emergency lighting required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must automatically actuate upon failure of the main lighting system. If a vessel is not equipped with a single source of power for emergency lighting, it must have individual battery powered lights that:
  - (1) Are automatically actuated upon loss of normal power;
  - (2) Are not readily portable;
  - (3) Are connected to an automatic battery charger; and
  - (4) **Have sufficient capacity for a minimum of 2 hours of continuous operation.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 997, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51358, 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 at 62 FR 51358, Sept. 30, 1997]