B-Line Eaton series ground mounted panel enclosure, 72" height, 16" length, 72" width, 4, Hinged cover, ES4 enclosure, Ground mount, Large double doo

NEMA 4 is the rating for indoor or outdoor use against windblown dust, rain, splashing water and hose-directed water. The ES4 enclosure gets there with a closed cell neoprene gasket behind the hinged double doors and a 3-point latching handle that pulls the door tight along its full height. It is carbon steel, painted ANSI 61 grey. It is not a NEMA 4X rating, so for washdown or corrosive coastal service you want a stainless or non-metallic 4X box instead.

72 inches high, 72 inches wide and 16 inches deep. That is a floor-standing footprint of six feet by sixteen inches, so plan the pad or housekeeping curb accordingly and leave NEC working clearance in front of the double doors when they swing.

No. The ES4 is specified with no mounting provisions, so there is no back panel, no rails and no drilled holes inside. Anything you mount, a subpanel, DIN rail, or collar kit, is ordered separately. Budget for it up front, because a 72 x 72 box with nothing to land gear on stalls an install.

It carries UL 508A, which is the standard covering industrial control panels. That is what a plan reviewer or AHJ typically wants to see when the box is being used as an enclosure for a control assembly. Country of origin is the US.

It ships at 576.4 lb, empty. That is rigging equipment, not two electricians and a hand truck. The body is 12 gauge carbon steel, which is where most of that weight sits. Plan lifting gear and a level, load-rated pad since it is a ground mount unit.

Yes. The ES-727216-4 has a key lock and padlock provision on the 3-point latching handle, so you can either use the keyed handle or hang your own padlock for site-specific keying. For a facility standardizing on one padlock system across gear, that padlock provision is usually the simpler route.

At 72 inches wide, double doors are the practical choice and that is how the ES4 is built, a large double door style with a 3-point latching handle. A single 72 inch leaf needs six feet of clear swing and puts a lot of load on one set of hinges. Two leaves cut the swing roughly in half, which matters in a tight electrical room or a fenced yard. The tradeoff is the center seam, handled here by the closed cell neoprene gasket that maintains the NEMA 4 seal.

The ES4 is a sealed, gasketed NEMA 4 body with no mounting provisions specified, so conduit entries are made in the field. Any penetration you cut needs a fitting rated NEMA 4 or better, hubs or sealing locknuts, otherwise you lose the rating at that hole. On a ground mounted box, bottom entry with rated hubs is the usual approach.

Order part number ES-727216-4. The digits read out as the build: 72 inch height, 72 inch width, 16 inch depth, NEMA 4. It is the hinged cover, large double door, ground mount version in the Eaton B-Line ES4 enclosure line.

Painted carbon steel in ANSI 61 grey, the standard switchgear grey most electrical equipment ships in, so it lines up visually with existing panelboards and control cabinets in the same room. If a facility spec calls for a different color, the painted carbon steel surface can be field finished.

12 gauge is the heavy end for a fabricated enclosure of this size and is what keeps a 72 inch door leaf from racking out of the gasket line. On the ES-727216-4 it pairs with the 3-point latching handle so the seal stays even top to bottom, which is what the NEMA 4 rating depends on in the field. Lighter 14 or 16 gauge boxes are generally fine at smaller sizes but flex more on a six foot door.