---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 62.25-5"
title: "46"
number: "62.25-5"
heading: "All control systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/62.25-5"
---

# §62.25-5. All control systems.

- (a) Local and remote starting for any propulsion engine or turbine equipped with a jacking or turning gear must be prevented while the turning gear is engaged.
- (b) Automatic control systems must be stable over the entire range of normal operation.
- (c) Inadvertent grounding of an electrical or electronic safety control system must not cause safety control operation or safety control bypassing.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 81-030, 53 FR 17838, May 18, 1988, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65189, Oct. 31, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 8105; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 81-030, 53 FR 17838, May 18, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 81-030, 53 FR 17838, May 18, 1988, as amended by USCG-2003-16630, 73 FR 65189, Oct. 31, 2008]