Section 16 Special requirements for lightning conductors
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Clasifications Register Rules and Regulations - Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Inland Waterways Ships, July 2022 - Part 6 Control, Electrical and Fire - Chapter 2 Electrical Installations - Section 16 Special requirements for lightning conductors

Section 16 Special requirements for lightning conductors

Parent topic: Chapter 2 Electrical Installations

16.1 General

16.1.1 Lightning conductors are to be fitted to each mast of all wood, composite, and steel ships having wooden masts or topmasts. They need not be fitted to steel ships having steel masts. Where lightning conductors are fitted they are to comply withPt 6, Ch 2, 14 Electrical equipment for use in explosive gas atmospheres or in the presence of combustible dustsof the Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Ships (hereinafter referred to as the Rules for Ships).

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