Steel City 72171CV 1/2 3/4 Outlet Boxes

No. The 72171CV is not a weatherproof box, so keep it in dry, indoor locations. For an exterior or wet-location outlet, use a weatherproof box instead, such as the Mulberry Royal Mountie die-cast aluminum 1-gang weatherproof box.

The 72171CV offers 42 cubic inches of box volume, which is a large square box by outlet-box standards and gives you room for multiple conduit runs, splices and a device without crowding. Volume is what NEC box fill is calculated against, so a contractor sizing a junction point for several home runs can work straight off the 42 cubic inch figure.

Yes. The 72171CV carries combination 1/2 and 3/4 inch knockouts, 17 of them in total, so you can land either trade size of EMT or flex connector without an adapter and still have spare entries for pass-through runs.

No. The Steel City 72171CV 1/2 3/4 is a steel square outlet box listed to UL E2969 for ordinary locations. Classified areas call for an explosionproof enclosure: the Appleton GRJ series conduit outlet box and the Appleton GRJS universal conduit outlet box are both explosionproof malleable iron, and the Appleton GRT75 is a malleable iron round conduit outlet box in the same family of fittings.

The Steel City 72171CV 1/2 3/4 outlet box is a steel box carrying a weatherproof rating of N, so it belongs in dry interior work. For an exposed exterior location, the Mulberry Royal Mountie weatherproof outlet box is a die-cast aluminum 1-gang box, and the Thomas & Betts 2IH3-1 Red-Dot is a 2-gang conduit outlet box with three 1/2 inch hubs. Both of those are built for the surface-mounted outdoor device the 72171CV is not intended for.

Both. The box is rated for wall or ceiling mounting, so the same part works as a ceiling junction or fixture box and as a wall device box on the same job, which helps when you are standardizing one box across a building.

The 72171CV is a steel box with combination 1/2 and 3/4 inch knockouts, which is what you want for commercial EMT and metal-raceway work where the raceway carries the equipment ground. For nonmetallic cable in residential multi-gang rough-in, a PVC box such as the Cantex EZ Series multi-gang residential outlet box is the usual choice instead.

It is a single-outlet square box, so it takes one device position. If you need a two-gang conduit box instead, the Thomas & Betts 2IH3-1 Red-Dot is a 2-gang conduit outlet box with three 1/2 inch hubs.

For stud-wall residential device boxes, the Cantex EZ Box is a PVC multi-gang residential outlet box, a nonmetallic alternative to the steel construction of the Steel City 72171CV 1/2 3/4. The 72171CV is a square steel box with 17 knockouts and 42 cubic inches of capacity, which suits multi-conduit pulls; the PVC EZ Box is aimed at gang-mounted devices in nonmetallic cable work.

The Steel City 72171CV 1/2 3/4 is a general-purpose square steel outlet box with 42 cubic inches of capacity and one outlet. For a dedicated appliance circuit, the Pass & Seymour P242RRD is a thermoplastic range and dryer box, built specifically around that receptacle rather than as a general device or junction box.

The Steel City 72171CV 1/2 3/4 is a square steel box for wall or ceiling mounting with 17 knockouts, so conduit entry points are selected in the field. The Thomas & Betts 2IH3-1 Red-Dot is a 2-gang conduit outlet box with three 1/2 inch hubs already provided, which fixes the raceway entries at the factory and is supplied in packs of 100.