---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 35.30-30"
title: "46"
number: "35.30-30"
heading: "Portable electric equipment—TB/ALL."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/35.30-30"
---

# §35.30-30. Portable electric equipment—TB/ALL.


Portable electric equipment must not be used in a hazardous location described in [subpart 111.105](/cfr/46/subpart111.105.md) of this chapter except:

- (a) Self-contained, battery-fed, explosion-proof lamps approved by Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Factory Mutual Research Corporation, or other independent laboratory recognized by the Commandant, for use in a Class I, Division 1 location for the electrical group classification of the cargo;
- (b) Intrinsically safe equipment approved by Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Factory Mutual Research Corporation, or other independent laboratory recognized by the Commandant, for use in a Class I, Division 1 location for the electrical group classification of the cargo; and
- (c) **Any electrical equipment, if—**
  - (1) **The hazardous location is—**
    - (i) Enclosed; and
    - (ii) Gas free;
  - (2) **The adjacent compartments are—**
    - (i) Gas free;
    - (ii) Inerted;
    - (iii) Filled with water;
    - (iv) Filled with Grade E liquid; or
    - (v) **Spaces where flammable gases are not expected to accumulate; and—**
  - (3) **Each compartment where flammable gas is expected to accumulate is—**
    - (i) Closed; and
    - (ii) **Secured.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15230, Apr. 8, 1982]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 6101, 70011, 70034; 49 U.S.C. 5103, 5106; Executive Order 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Executive Order 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16704, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15230, Apr. 8, 1982]