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Old 05-12-2015, 01:23 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by BlueYonder View Post
I'm curious about the existence of a regulatory requirement to safety wire the macerator switch.

Was this an inspection by the Coast Guard or the Coast Guard Auxiliary? Did the inspector tell you that there was a regulatory requirement to safety wire the macerator switch? Would you have failed inspection if you had the thru hull or Y valve locked shut instead?

I've been boarded and inspected twice in the last three years by the Coast Guard. They checked to see that my holding tank thru hull was locked closed. I have never been asked to show that the macerator pump switch was safety wired off.
Not that I know of. It was an Aux guy. He told me he could not pass me unless the C/B was safety wired in the close position.
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