A-A-50563 Revision B:2013

Determines the government acquisition requirements for cast metal conduit outlet boxes, bodies, and entrance caps for use with threaded and threadless rigid conduit, intermediate metallic conduit, and electrical metallic conduit.

This commercial item description (CID) establishes the government acquisition requirements for cast metal conduit outlet boxes, bodies, and entrance caps for use with threaded and threadless rigid conduit, intermediate metallic conduit, and electrical metallic conduit. Outlet boxes may be used as wire outlets or as mountings for lamp holders, rosettes, switches, convenience outlets, to enclose wire splices, for mounting or enclosing surface wiring offsets, pull boxes, and other functions in conduit runs. Entrance caps provide a weather resistant service entrance for wires.