46 C.F.R. § 58.16-16

Reducing regulators.

Last amended: 2024Year: 2026Length: 111 wordsSubsections: 3Official source

Cite as 46 C.F.R. § 58.16-16 (2026)

(a) All systems shall be provided with a regulating device so adjusted as to release gas to the distribution tubing at a pressure not in excess of 18 inches water column, or approximately 10.5 ounces per square inch. (b) The low-pressure side of all regulators must be protected against excessive pressure by means of a suitable relief valve, which must be integral with the regulator. The relief valve must be set to start to discharge at a pressure not less than two times and not more than three times the delivery pressure. (c) All reducing regulators must be fitted with a pressure gage located on the high-pressure side of the regulator.
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