B-Line Eaton series imperial cable tray and ladder, 4" Height, 27" Length, 12" Width, Series 2-5 vertical tee down, Aluminum, 24" Radius

It is a three-way cable tray fitting that lets a run branch downward while the main run continues straight. The Eaton B-Line 4A-12-VT24 is a Series 2-5 vertical tee down built for 12 inch wide, 4 inch deep tray, with a 24 inch bend radius on the drop. Use it where a feeder tray has to break off and head down a wall or to equipment without cutting and field-fabricating the tray.

Use a vertical tee down like the 4A-12-VT24 when the main run has to keep going straight past the point where a branch drops. If the run simply turns down and ends, a vertical elbow is the fitting, not a tee. Getting this wrong is the common field mistake, since a tee has three openings and an elbow has two.

Order Eaton B-Line 4A-12-VT24. That designation carries the 4 inch rail depth, 12 inch tray width, vertical tee down configuration and 24 inch radius in one number.

The 4A-12-VT24 is the fitting itself. Splice plates, hardware kits and any hold-down or support brackets needed to tie it into the adjoining straight sections are ordered separately, so count your connection points before you order.

The 4A-12-VT24 weighs 17.4 lb, which is a one-man lift at grade but worth rigging if you are working off a lift or setting it overhead on trapeze supports. Aluminum construction is why it stays that light for a 12 inch wide fitting.