Switchgear Box Pad is a
Combination That Really Works!
Arizona Public Service uses nearly
500 QUAZITE® switchgear
box pads per year for electrical service to new housing developments
and industrial parks. The light weight QUAZITE® box pad
can be set in place with the backhoe used to dig the hole
(precast concrete pads this size would require a crane to
lift and install). The new switchgear box pad has become
part of the APS standards for easier, quicker and less expensive
installations throughout its service area. The APS service
area encompasses metropolitan Phoenix, Flagstaff, Prescott,
and Yuma, Arizona.
The QUAZITE® box pad provides a larger
underground area with more room to "train" the cable into
the switchgear. This made it a lot easier and quicker for
APS to install the switchgear.
APS uses pad mount switchgears and
had previously been bolting the cabinets to a flat precast
concrete pad. APS knew it needed an underground vault area
to make it easier to connect the cables. The box pad designed
by Quazite accommodated this need and combined the functions
of an underground vault and a cabinet pad. Made of precast
polymer concrete, the QUAZITE® switchgear box pad is
more durable and will last longer than precast concrete.
The box pad is specifically designed
for the PME 6-12 Cabinets made by S&C Electric. The 36" deep
box pad measures 89-1/4" x 87-1/4" on the bottom and tapers
to a 76" x 74" size at the top. The top of the box pad is
designed to fit the bolt pattern of the PME 6-12 cabinets
so it is easily bolted directly onto the box pad during the
installation.
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