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MSA
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Withdraw MSA Circular Letter number 76 and replace it with a notice to surveyors and safe ship management companies, specifying which standards for extra-low-voltage electrical equipment installations are accepted by MSA, and stipulating that surveyors should apply a single such standard in its entirety to each vessel, rather than mixing standards.
Reply Text
MSA Circular Letter number 76 will be withdrawn and replaced with a new MSA Circular Letter, indicating the current standard. In due course, the current Standards for low voltage electrical cables will be contained in the requirements of Part 40F of the Maritime Rules for this type of ship. It is our intention to introduce this Part early in the year 2000.
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