46 CFR §58.16-10
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- (a)Gas appliances.
- (1)All gas-consuming appliances used for cooking and heating must be tested, listed, and labeled by an acceptable laboratory, such as:
- (2)Continuous-burning pilot flames are prohibited for use on gas appliances when installed below the weather deck.
- (3)Printed instructions for proper installation, operation, and maintenance of each gas-consuming appliance must be furnished by the manufacturer.
- (b)Cylinders.
- (1)Cylinders in which liquefied petroleum gas is stored and handled must be constructed, tested, marked, maintained, and retested in accordance with 49 CFR part 178.
- (2)All liquefied petroleum gas cylinders in service must bear a test date marking indicating that they have been retested in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Transportation.
- (3)Regardless of the date of the previous test, a cylinder must be rejected for further service when it leaks; when it is weakened appreciably by corrosion, denting, bulging or other evidence of rough usage; when it has lost more than 5 percent of its tare weight; or when it has been involved in a fire.
- (c)Safety-relief devices. All required safety-relief devices must be accepted as to type, size, pressure setting, and location by the Commandant (CG-ENG) as being in accordance with 49 CFR part 178.
- (d)Valves, regulators, and vaporizers. All component parts of the system, other than cylinders and low-pressure distribution tubing between regulators and appliances, must be tested and approved by and bear the label of UL Solutions or other recognized testing laboratory.
- (e)Plan approval. Drawings showing the location and installation of all piping, gas-consuming appliances, cylinders, and other component parts of the system must be submitted for approval.