TS8 Comparison

How does the TS8 Modular Enclosure from Rittal stack up against the competition? Find out now.

Transcript

00:00:10 certainly the differences between modular and non-modular cabinets is night and day but many customers want to know what are the differences if any between modular cabinets. I'm going to talk to you about the Rittal TS8 and the Hoffman G2 Proline. I'll demonstrate you decide at first glance both these doors may appear very similar but what we want to talk about at this point is door removal frame symmetry door reversal and what that means for your locking hardware so the first thing we're going to do is show you door removal I'm gonna start with the Ritta TS8 I take my key unlock the door first thing that you'll notice are there are four hinge bodies and four lock catches I like to use a flat blade screwdriver to remove the door so I

00:00:59 simply move out to hinge pins and I can set the door aside okay so now I want to demonstrate the same task using the hoffman g2 proline first thing you'll notice there are three hinge bodies the tools I like to use for this task is a light small mallet and needlenose pliers just to make this easier I'll leave that in just a little bit and now we have that door off as well everybody knows time is money let me demonstrate door reversal for the TS8 and the g2. for TS8 you have four hinge bodies and you have four lock catches since the door is centered on the frame

00:02:23 and the frame of the TS is symmetrical you simply switch out the hardware flip the door over reattach it and then since the lock face is also symmetrical I can change my logo to the other position the same task with the Hoffman G2 I also have three hinge bodies three catches I switch those out across the frame but because the frame is not symmetrical and because the door is offset on the frame this causes me to take the lock guides and the hardware and I have to reverse those inside on the outside of the door I have to remove my handle change out the lock gears inside of it remount it for the same task the most common tasks by far and working with electrical enclosures is population of the mounting panel for the controls and

00:03:16 the result TS8 I have two bolts at the top I simply lift the safety mechanism to remove the panel in the G2 I have two fasteners at the top two fasteners at the bottom and what I found is sliding this out I further have to get a tool to loosen these bolts so that the mounting blocks fall in a way that I can remove the panel one of the biggest design benefits of a modular enclosure system is the ability to create large bays of enclosures interconnecting enclosures together to maintain the NEMA rating and complete the construction you'll need sight walls whether it's a standalone cabinet or as a cabinet at the end of a row the way Rittal handles this task is metal clips that actually attach to the

00:04:28 enclosure frame then we hang the panel six screws are put in to place and Rittal uses a very unique fastener with grounding teeth and what this does is it provides electrical bonding of the panel back to the enclosure frame in the G2 Proline a plastic clip is attached to the side wall the panel then balances on the enclosure frame I insert my six fasteners and at this point the panel is electrically isolated from the enclosure frame one of the most important concerns for our customers obviously is safety this is achieved through best practices and proper bonding and grounding of electrical enclosures imma show you how Rittal achieves that in the TS8 the standard mounting hardware with its grounding teeth provide this bonding back to the frame even in the case of

00:05:29 the cable entry plates each individual plate is grounded back to the enclosure with the G2 every individual panel including each cable entry plate has to have its own ground strap and associated hardware to provide the same protection level as the Rittal TS8