B-Line Eaton series wireway, 2.5" height, 48" length, 2.5" width, HS wireway, Thru holes, 15 top knockouts, 15 bottom knockouts, Hinged cover, 1, Ste

No. The 2248 HS is a NEMA 1 enclosure, which is general purpose indoor only, with no gasketing for rain or washdown. Use it in dry indoor runs such as panel rooms, shop walls, and control room feeds. For outdoor or damp locations you need a NEMA 3R raintight wireway instead.

The trough is 2.5 inches high by 2.5 inches wide, and the length is 48 inches. That 2-1/2 by 2-1/2 inch cross section is the small-body size, so plan your conductor fill and bend radius accordingly rather than assuming a 4 by 4 trough.

It hinges. The 2248 HS uses a hinged cover, so the lid swings away and stays with the body when you open a run for pulls or changes. The cover is secured to the body with plated screws, so you back those out and swing it rather than wrestling a loose cover off a wall-mounted trough overhead.

Yes, to a point. The body comes with 15 knockouts on the top and 15 on the bottom, so a series of conduit entries are already provided along both long faces. Side entries or non-standard locations you would have to punch yourself.

The 2248 HS carries CSA C22.2 certification, so it is acceptable for Canadian installations as well as US work. Keep the paperwork with the job file if you are submitting to a provincial inspector.

Hinged, like the 2248 HS, is the choice where you expect to reopen the trough: control wiring that changes, tap points, anything above reach where a loose lid is a hazard. A screw cover version makes sense on a sealed run you set once and never touch, or where you want the lid positively fastened with no hinge line. Both come in the same NEMA 1 general purpose construction.

16 gauge steel, finished in ANSI 61 gray. That is the standard switchgear gray, so a run of it lines up visually with panelboards and control enclosures already in most plant and mechanical rooms.