9 Cooking and Heating
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9 Cooking and Heating

  9.1 Cooking and heating equipment shall be suitable for marine use and shall be designed and installed to the satisfaction of the Administration.

  9.2 Gasoline shall not be used for cooking, heating or lighting on board a vessel.

  9.3 Subject to VII/9.4, fire places or other heating and cooking equipment with open flames shall not be used on board a vessel.

  9.4 Liquefied and non-liquefied gases may be used as cooking fuels where the installation of such system is to the satisfaction of the Administration. Open gas flame appliances, other than cooking stoves, domestic refrigerators or water heaters are not permitted. Spaces containing any such stoves or water heaters shall have adequate ventilation to remove fumes and possible gas leakage to a safe space. All pipes conveying gas from a container to an appliance shall be of steel or other appropriate material. Automatic safety gas shut-off devices shall be fitted to operate on loss of pressure in the gas main pipe or flame failure on any appliance.

Parent topic: Chapter VII - Miscellaneous Systems and Equipment
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