IEEE 1580
IEEE Recommended Practice for Marine Cable for Use on Shipboard and Fixed or Floating Facilities
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
The CFR incorporates IEEE 1580 by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.
The edition the CFR requires
IEEE 1580-2010, approved September 30, 2010
As the CFR lists it: “IEEE Std. 1580-2010, IEEE Recommended Practice for Marine Cable for Use on Shipboard and Fixed or Floating Facilities, approved September 30, 2010 (“IEEE 1580”)”
How to read it
- Where to get itIEEE Standards Association ↗
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