Generation systems greater than 3000 kW.

Except on a non-self-propelled mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) and a non-self-propelled floating Outer Continental Shelf facility, when the total installed electric power of the ship's service generation system is more than 3000 kW, the switchboard must have the following: (a) At least two sections of the main bus that are connected by: (1) A non-automatic circuit breaker; (2) A disconnect switch; or (3) Removable links. (b) As far as practicable, the connection of generators and duplicated equipment equalized between the sections of the main bus. [CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28279, June 4, 1996]