Wiring on a cruise ship

[nyerinfl]

I've got an email correspondance going on right now with a guy who is talking about adding some plugs and switches onto a Majestic cruise line ship. I've never done electrical on a boat of any type before, but if it's just devices and such I can't imagine it's so different from other types of installations. Is MC permitted on something like a cruise ship? Also what about actually getting onto the boat to do the work, I can imagine getting tools and material in and out would be a PITA. Anyone got any experience with this?

 

[hardworkingstiff]

I don't have any experience with ship wiring, and I would not wing it. There are additional regulations and if you don't know them it would be easy to get into serious money trouble.

 

[bgeorge]

This may not be right, but I saw ALOT of rubber cord wiring on the Carnival ship I was on....pretty scary...the devices in the cabin are VERY different too.

 

[cadpoint]

Where's the boats Chief Engineer in all this or even the Port Engineer, as said this could be a very serious situation,
even if they do need just a few plugs in any one work area or even in the crew courters.

Let them deal with their people!

Most of these ships are of foreign registry and not subject to USCG or ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) shipping requirements!

If I were you, I'd tell them your jumping ship on this one, tell them to shoot a flair for you... :grin:

 

[hardworkingstiff]

This may not be right, but I saw ALOT of rubber cord wiring on the Carnival ship I was on....pretty scary...the devices in the cabin are VERY different too.

I think it was G cable or W cable and I believe it's quite common on ships. What are the regs on how it's supported and how it passes through a bulkhead, or are there limitations on which bulkheads can be penetrated, etc. etc.

 

[LarryFine]

. . . tell them to shoot a flair for you... :grin:

The Nature Boy? What did he do to you?

 

[satcom]

You can pick up all your material from here http://www.hitechcontrols.com/cable...ection-pages/shipwiring-marine-selection.html

Don't forget to get your liability insurance for working on ships, guess you could take out a mortage to pay for it Good luck

 

[charlie b]

. . . but if it's just devices and such I can't imagine it's so different from other types of installations.

One key difference is that shipboard systems are ungrounded. Another is that the NEC does not apply. The applicable rules come from such sources as title 46 of the US Code of Federal Regulations, US Coast Guard Regulations, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), and IEEE 45, ?Recommended Practice for Electrical Installations on Shipboard.?