---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 25.45-1"
title: "46"
number: "25.45-1"
heading: "Heating and lighting systems on vessels carrying passengers for hire."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/25.45-1"
---

# §25.45-1. Heating and lighting systems on vessels carrying passengers for hire.

- (a) No fuel may be used in any heating or lighting system on any vessel carrying passengers for hire without the approval of Commandant (CG-ENG), except—
  - (1) Alcohol, solid,
  - (2) Alcohol, liquid, combustible,
  - (3) **Fuel oil, No.** 1, No. 2, or No. 3,
  - (4) Kerosene,
  - (5) Wood or,
  - (6) **Coal.**
- (b) Heating and lighting systems using alcohol must meet the following requirements:
  - (1) Containers of solidified alcohol must be properly secured to a fixed base.
  - (2) Fluid alcohol burners, where wet priming is used, must have—
    - (i) A catch pan of not less than 3/4” depth secured inside the frame of the stove; or
    - (ii) **The metal protection under the stove flanged up at least 3/4” to form a pan.**
- (c) Heating and lighting systems using kerosene or fuel oil must meet the following requirements:
  - (1) Where wet priming is used, each system must have—
    - (i) A catch pan of not less than 3/4” depth secured inside the frame of the stove; or
    - (ii) **The metal protection under the stove flanged up at least 3/4” to form a pan.**
  - (2) Fuel tanks must be—
    - (i) Separated from the stove that they serve;
    - (ii) Mounted in a location open to the atmosphere or mounted inside a compartment that is vented to the atmosphere; and
    - (iii) **Fitted with an outside fill and vent.**
- (d) Heating systems using wood or coal installed after August 9, 1989, shall be installed in accordance with the guidelines in chapter 6 of NFPA 302.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 83-013, 54 FR 6402, Feb. 10, 1989 and CGD 83-013, 55 FR 3959, Feb. 6, 1990; CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50461, Sept. 29, 1995; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50726, Sept. 27, 1996; USCG-2009-0702, 74 FR 49225, Sept. 25, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903(b); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 4102, 4302; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16653, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 83-013, 54 FR 6402, Feb. 10, 1989 and CGD 83-013, 55 FR 3959, Feb. 6, 1990; CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50461, Sept. 29, 1995; CGD 96-041, 61 FR 50726, Sept. 27, 1996; USCG-2009-0702, 74 FR 49225, Sept. 25, 2009]