# Test leads.

**Citation:** 49 CFR 195.244  
**Type / status:** regulation / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2001-10-01  
**Published:** Not stated

(a) Except for offshore pipelines, electrical test leads used for corrosion control or electrolysis testing must be installed at intervals frequent enough to obtain electrical measurements indicating the adequacy of the cathodic protection.

(b) Test leads must be installed as follows:

(1) Enough l

## Document text

(a) Except for offshore pipelines, electrical test leads used for corrosion control or electrolysis testing must be installed at intervals frequent enough to obtain electrical measurements indicating the adequacy of the cathodic protection.

(b) Test leads must be installed as follows:

(1) Enough looping or slack must be provided to prevent test leads from being unduly stressed or broken during backfilling.

(2) Each lead must be attached to the pipe so as to prevent stress concentration on the pipe.

(3) Each lead installed in a conduit must be suitably insulated from the conduit.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2001-title49-vol3/CFR-2001-title49-vol3-sec195-244>
- Source ID: `govinfo-cfr`
- SHA-256: `5b23c06047184e2152bdfccbd607baea8403be5e6b79643dc9e4dc160d6cb893`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-12T01:41:27.040Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T23:30:01.742Z
- Document slug: `49-cfr-195-244`

### Source metadata

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  "part": "195",
  "section": "195.244",
  "subpart": "Subpart D—Construction",
  "annualEdition": 2001,
  "revisedAsOf": "2001-10-01",
  "govInfoPackage": "CFR-2001-title49-vol3",
  "legalStatus": "official-annual-cfr-edition",
  "effectiveDateNote": null,
  "historicalAnchor": true,
  "historicalAnchorNote": "The section appears in an official annual CFR edition but is absent from the connected current eCFR corpus.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
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```