Full Product Manual

Break out of the box.
Electricians have long struggled with small, cramped 4"
square boxes and the time it takes to get a wiring job done
using them. But Thomas & Betts provides solutions that
give you the space you’ve always needed; solutions that
enable you to break out of the standard box.
Create a robust, cost-effective
infrastructure for the life of facility.
5 SQUARE
®
Boxes (5" x 5" x 2.875") provide up to 88 cu.
in. of interior volume — more than double the volume of
a 4"-square deep box. The increased size of 5 SQUARE
®
Fire Signal Boxes helps eliminate ground faults and short
circuits, and 5 SQUARE
®
Telecommunication Boxes
guarantee minimum bend radius, now and for future
transmission rate increases over both copper and
fiber optic cable.
What’s more, 5 SQUARE
®
Boxes save money — and lots
of it. In commercial construction, labor cost is the single
largest expense for an electrical contractor. Our 5 SQUARE
®
Boxes can save contractors up to 50% in labor costs. By
storing the recommended slack loop of communications
cabling in the box instead of in a closet or drop ceiling,
terminating cables at the box becomes a job for a single
technician rather than requiring a second technician to
assist in pulling cables out the box for termination and
then back into the conduit upon completion. This becomes
even more critical in health care facilities, where opening
ceilings is strongly discouraged due to contamination.
In addition, our 5 SQUARE
®
Boxes provide equipment
savings. Compared to standard electrical boxes, the larger
size of 5 SQUARE
®
Boxes enables more circuits and zones
to be pulled through, which potentially reduces conduit
and installation costs.
Increase
capacity.
5 SQUARE
®
boxes offer
more than double the cubic-
inch capacity of a standard
4"-square deep box, making
it faster and easier to route
wiring and make terminations
in the box.
Save labor.
Turn a two-man job into a
one-man job by storing the
slack cable loop in the box
for easy access by a single
technician when terminating
communications cables.
Reduce
troubleshooting.
The extra room in the
5 SQUARE
®
box dramatically
reduces the likelihood of
ground faults and short
circuits when installing
large fire alarm devices.
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