---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 76.33-10"
title: "46"
number: "76.33-10"
heading: "Location and spacing of accumulators."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/76.33-10"
---

# §76.33-10. Location and spacing of accumulators.

- (a) Smoke accumulators must be located overhead in each compartment. Where liable to physical damage, the accumulators and piping must be suitably protected.
- (b) No spot on the overhead of a protected space may be more than 40 feet from an accumulator.
- (c) Accumulators must not be located closer to the opening of a ventilator than three times the diameter or equivalent diameter of the opening.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16940, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by USCG-2012-0196, 81 FR 48259, July 22, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16940, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16940, Dec. 30, 1965, as amended by USCG-2012-0196, 81 FR 48259, July 22, 2016]