| The nonmetallic surface raceway systems specified herein for branch
circuit wiring and/or data/voice/signal wiring shall be Hubbell BaseTrak manufactured by
Hubbell Wiring Device - Kellems® or approved equal. Work shall include furnishing all
raceway, and appropriate fittings and boxes, to install a nonmetallic surface raceway
system as indicated on the electrical drawings and described in this section. Installer
shall comply fully with the manufacturer's instructions, and with electrical, safety, and
building codes.
The raceway shall be a two-piece design with a base and a snap-on cover. The base shall
have three wiring channels separated by integral barriers. Barriers may be snapped out of
the base to create one or two channels. Total width shall be 4.0" (101.6) by
approximately 1.49" (37.7) deep. Base and cover shall be either 5 ft. (1.52m) or 10
ft. (3.05m) lengths. Walls shall be .08" (2.03) thick.
Both base and cover are to be manufactured of rigid PVC compound. The base shall have a
smooth texture, office white in color; the cover, a light pebble texture, office white in
color.
Raceway base and cover shall be designed as BT3BC5 or BT3BC10.
A full complement of nonmetallic fittings must be available, including but not limited
to 90° elbows, tees, conduit adapters, splice covers, end caps, and panel connectors.
They shall be made of office white rigid PVC materials to match color and texture of
raceway. Hubbell BT3 series.
Device boxes shall include 2-gang raised device, 1-gang raised device, 1-gang inline
device, and under carpet cable transition. They shall be made of office white rigid PVC
materials to match color of raceway Hubbell BT3 series.
Face plates shall be nonmetallic Hubbell "KP" series to match color of
raceway and fit flush to device boxes.
The raceway and all system components must be UL Listed and CSA Certified and exhibit
nonflammable self-extinguishing characteristics tested to comparable specifications of UL
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