RE: [Electric Boats] Voltage used

 

Interesting…I had understood USCG regulations & enforcement ends with non-navigability---and I guess I thought it also was only enforcing on bodies of water that are tidal…looking at their list of western navigable and non-navigable bodies of water, I see they cover a lot more than that!

http://www.uscg.mil/d13/docs/exhibit11_k1.pdf

It seems to me that navigability and CG enforcement for these are somewhat arbitrary.

E.g. “Ten Mile Lake” is considered navigable, yet “Alsea River” is not.

-Myles, Portland, Or.

 

 

From: electricboats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:electricboats@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Femm
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:40 AM
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Electric Boats] Voltage used

 

 

A number of posts back people were talking about using some very high voltages.  Here in the US your boat needs to comply to US Coast Guard rules, when it comes to your wiring.  The rules also change when you go over 50 volts!  You can be fined because the wiring doesn't say USCG approved.  I kid you not, been there.  Their rule book is about the same size as the IRS's tax code!  One place it says one thing somewhere else it says something else.  And to top it all off it changes almost yearly. So if you live here in the States you will want to see what the USCG's codes and regs say about the voltages you are planing to use.  Just because you live and boat inland doesn't say you are free from their rules.  Friends over in Eastern Washington found out the hard way when the USCG splashed a boat and started doing safety checks on the lake they were on. Kriss

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