9 Regulation 43 - Emergency source of electrical power in cargo ships
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9 Regulation 43 - Emergency source of electrical power in cargo ships

  Paragraph 1.3

The location of the emergency source of electrical power and associated transforming equipment, if any, and the main switchboard shall be such as to ensure that a fire or other casualty in spaces containing the main source of electrical power, associated transforming equipment, if any, and the main switchboard or in any machinery space of category A will not interfere with the supply, control and distribution of emergency electrical power. As far as practicable, the space containing the emergency source of electrical power, associated transforming equipment, if any, the transitional source of emergency power and the emergency switchboard shall not be contiguous to the boundaries of machinery spaces of category A or those spaces containing the main source of electrical power, associated transforming equipment, if any, or the main switchboard.

Parent topic: Part D - Electrical installations
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