IEEE Recommended Practice for Electrical Installations on Shipboard -- Safety Considerations

Abstract

This recommended practice covers electrical safety considerations for shipboard electrical systems and equipment including a review of fundamental concepts pertaining to electrical safety and establishing electrical safety programs and work practices associated with the operation and maintenance of shipboard electrical power distribution systems.

Scope

The recommendations for the design to improve electrical safety on shipboards are established by this document. These recommendations reflect the technologies, engineering methods, and engineering practices in effect when this document is issued.

Purpose

An extension of the baseline technology and methods covered in IEEE Std 45(TM), IEEE Std 45.5(TM) provides a consensus of recommended practices for improved safety in marine electrical engineering as applied specifically to ships, shipboard systems, and equipment.

Topic

Transportation, Power, Energy and Industry Applications, Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems, Geoscience, Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics