[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR58.16-17]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 58_MAIN AND AUXILIARY MACHINERY AND RELATED SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart 58.16_Liquefied Petroleum Gases for Cooking and Heating
 
Sec. 58.16-17  Piping and fittings.

    (a) The piping between the cylinders and the appliances shall be 
seamless annealed copper tubing or such other seamless tubing as may be 
approved by the Commandant.
    (b) All high pressure tubing between the cylinders and the 
regulators shall have a minimum wall thickness of 0.049 inch. All low-
pressure tubing between the regulator and appliances shall have

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a minimum wall thickness of 0.032 inch.
    (c) Tubing connecting fittings shall be of the flare type; or 
connections may be soldered or brazed with material having a melting 
point in excess of 1,000 [deg]F.