46 CFR §129.370
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- (a)On a metallic vessel each metallic enclosure and frame of electrical equipment must be permanently grounded to the hull. On a nonmetallic vessel each enclosure and frame of electrical equipment must be bonded to each other and to a common ground by a conductor not normally carrying current.
- (b)Each metallic case of instruments must be grounded. So must each secondary winding of instrument transformers.
- (c)Each equipment grounding conductor must be sized to comply with section 250-95 of NEC (NFPA 70).
- (d)Each nonmetallic mast and topmast must have a lightning-ground conductor.