B-Line Eaton series open racks, Steel, Flat black powder coat, 200 lb load capacity, Double sided rack mounted shelf. Heavy duty, solid shelf, Used t

The B-Line SB596V23156SFB shelf measures 6 in height, 30 in length/depth and 23.31 in width, and it weighs 6.4 lb on its own. The 30 in depth is the number to check first: an open frame rack has no side panels, so the shelf will overhang front and back on a shallow frame.

A double sided shelf bolts to the rack rails at both the front and the rear of the frame, so the load is carried at four points rather than cantilevered off the front rails alone. That is what you want on an open frame rack holding heavy gear like a CPU tower or a printer. A single sided (cantilever) shelf only attaches at the front and is fine for light items or where rear rails are not available. The B-Line SB596V23156SFB is the double sided, solid, heavy duty type.

Solid. The SB596V23156SFB is a solid steel deck, not a vented or perforated one. Solid is the right call for setting down a monitor, keyboard or printer where you want a flat continuous surface; if you are stacking heat-producing network gear directly on the shelf, a vented shelf moves air better.

Flat black powder coat over steel, which is the standard finish on Eaton B-Line open frame racks, so it matches a black rack frame and other black B-Line accessories in the same room. Powder coat over steel also holds up to being slid in and out of a rack repeatedly without chipping the way wet paint does.