Polyester plinths of THALASSA polyester wall-mounting and floor-standing enclosures

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Schneider Electric 2- Power UE - June 2011

Contents

1. Installation of an enclosure2. Why use a plinth?

3. Advantages

4. Plinth offer

Schneider Electric 3- Power UE - June 2011

Installation of an enclosure

• Against a wall • On a post

• Flush• On a structure

Enclosures can be installed

Schneider Electric 4- Power UE - June 2011

● With the bottom of the enclosure against the floor or a plinth.

This represents the vast majority of installations, especially outdoors

Installation of an enclosure

Schneider Electric 5- Power UE - June 2011

Installation of an enclosure

On a plinth between the floor (or the foundation) and the enclosure

Directly at floor level On the foundation

Partly embedded, opening plinth

Partly embedded, non-openingplinth

Finished floor or floor with concrete foundation

Finished floor Unfinished floor

Schneider Electric 6- Power UE - June 2011

Contents

1. Installation of an enclosure

2. Why use a plinth? 3. Advantages

4. Plinth offer

Schneider Electric 7- Power UE - June 2011

Why use a plinth?

●Plinths can be used to:● Avoid the hazard posed by water rising

● Improve working height

● House stand by cables

● Avoid having to build a concrete foundation (plinth)

●Opening plinths can be used to:● Make it easier to install cables, with front or rear access

● Ensure the cables are supported

● Provide access for maintenance (adding/replacing cables)

Schneider Electric 8- Power UE - June 2011

Contents

1. Installation of an enclosure

2. Why use a plinth?

3.Advantages4. Plinth offer

Schneider Electric 9- Power UE - June 2011

What would you think of a plinth that offers the following advantages?

Advantages

•Choice of height or stackable plinth•No concrete foundation (plinth) needed•Installation on unfinished floors using an accessory •Easy assembly—symmetry to avoid mistakes•Compatible with horizontal coupling of enclosures

Easy installation•No electric risk = total insulation / Class II equivalent •Choice of IP•High mechanical strength•Attractive lock and hidden screw•Lock requiring a special tool—cannot be opened through primary vandalism—or no external lock

Security and protection

Assistance for installing and supporting cables

•Cable-supporting accessory•Different positions for the cable-supporting accessory •Option of installing several cross-rails for supporting cables

Maintenance access

•Plinth opens from the front and back—more access options

Schneider Electric 10- Power UE - June 2011

Contents

1. Installation of an enclosure

2. Why use a plinth?

3. Advantages

4.Plinth offer

Schneider Electric 11- Power UE - June 2011

ZM plinth offerfor Thalassa PLM ranges

Thalassa PLM

dimensions

310 x 215 x 160307 x 255 x 164430 x 330 x 200530 x 430 x 200647 x 436 x 250747 x 536 x 300847 x 636 x 300

1056 x 852 x 350

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ZA & ZZ plinth offer for Thalassa PLA ranges

PLA / PLAT PLAZ / PLAZT

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● Same material as the enclosures: polyester reinforced with fibreglass

● IP 44 (and an accessory for increasing to IP 54) (degree of protection)

● IK 10 (protection against impacts)

● Choice of height (function to support - raise)

● ZM and ZA => 200 mm and option of stacking 2 => 400 mm

ZM

PLM

ZA

PLA or PLAT

ZA

Plinth offer

Schneider Electric 14- Power UE - June 2011

● ZZ: two plinth heights ● 200 or 500 mm

ZZ2

ZZ5

PLAZ or PLAZT

Plinth offer

Schneider Electric 15- Power UE - June 2011

Plinth offer / ZM, ZA and ZZ (components and accessories)Lateral (support function)Identical opening front and rear - (access function)

Transverse reinforcement (function of withstanding pressure)

ZM and ZA: locking by special tool (Allen key) (locking function and limited access from the outside) and protective cap

ZZ: no external opening as standard (total security function)Optional lock installation (opening from the outside)

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Plinth offer / Components and accessories

Internal points for holding cable-supporting cross-rails (choice of position)

Packaging—unassembled supply (purpose: to minimise bulk during storage and transport)

Cross-rail accessory (cable-supporting function)

Schneider Electric 17- Power UE - June 2011

Finished floor height

In all versions of the 200-mm plinths, four sealed feet can be fixed to the bottom of the excavationThe front panel does not open and the height above the floor is low (100 mm embedded, 100 mm above floor)

With two stacked ZM or ZA plinths or one 500-mm ZZ plinth, four sealed feet can be fixed to the bottom of the excavation The bottom front panel is partly embedded; the top front panel can be opened

Plinth offer / Components and accessories

Finished floor height

Accessories with four adjustable feet for partly embedded plinths (function: fixing into the ground)