Carlon

Carlon electrical boxes and conduit give you places to mount outlets and routes for wiring in your home or home office. Carflex flexible conduit maintains its internal diameter through tight-radius bends, keeping room inside for the wire at cramped connections.

Carlon is an electrical and telecommunications cable-management brand. Its range includes outlet and switch boxes, conduit and fittings. The range also includes raceways, junction boxes and enclosures.

Choose the box by how you’ll mount it

Carlon’s Zip Box Blue family includes outlet and switch boxes. With the wall open, you can reach the framing; with finished drywall, you need a box suited to the opening and the access you’ve got. Choose the mounting arrangement first.

The device, conductors and connections all need room. Choosing by the number of outlets alone leaves out much of what goes inside. Match the particular box’s capacity to the wiring and device that will occupy it.

Plan the conduit run through the connections

Carlon offers Schedule 40 and Schedule 80 conduit, elbows and fittings. Lay out the whole route before choosing the pieces, including the turns and transitions where you’ll pull the wire.

Carflex has a smooth interior for pulling cable and maintains its internal diameter through tight-radius bends. That makes it useful at a cramped equipment connection. Its one-piece liquidtight fittings require no component disassembly or compression nut, leaving fewer loose pieces to handle during installation. Match Carflex liquidtight fittings to Carflex or Carflex X-Flex conduit.

Carlon’s electrical nonmetallic tubing range includes Flex Plus Blue ENT, along with boxes and fittings. Keep the tubing and its connections matched to the system you’re installing.

Carlon also offers conduit bodies and junction boxes. Space for wire to pass through and space for completed connections are different checks. For splices in a conduit body, use its marked permissions and capacity, and allow room for the completed connections with the cover installed.

Options for an existing home

Carlon Adjust-A-Box residential floor boxes support new-work and retrofit installations, with screw adjustment from zero to 1¾ inches and brass or nonmetallic covers with hinged doors.

Match the floor-box family to the subfloor before choosing the cover finish. The Drop-In floor box is intended for wood floors. Carlon rectangular floor boxes suit concrete or wood subfloors and have solid-brass or thermoplastic cover options for tile and carpet.

For home-office data wiring, Carlon Structured Cable Management Systems serve residential low-voltage installations in new construction and retrofit work.

Selected specifications

Product	Detail	Specification
Carlon conduit, elbows and fittings	Schedules	Schedule 40 and Schedule 80
Flex Plus Blue ENT	Product type	Electrical nonmetallic tubing
Carflex conduit	Colors	Black and gray
Carflex one-piece liquidtight fittings	Construction	PVC fittings and locknuts

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I choose a Carlon electrical box for a finished wall?

You need an old-work mounting arrangement suited to the wall material and thickness. Check the clearance behind the opening before cutting; a box can fit the opening and still hit an obstruction. Gang count tells you only part of the story, because the device and wiring also need enough room inside.

How do I choose the right Carlon floor box cover?

Match the cover to your floor-box family and gang size before choosing the finish. Rectangular covers come in one-, two- and three-gang sizes. The nonmetallic rectangular covers can be configured for tile or carpet, with a carpet flange you can remove for tile.

What is Carlon flex conduit used for?

Carflex protects wiring in harsh, damp environments, including air-conditioning and outdoor-lighting installations. Its nonmetallic construction resists corrosion, and it also resists oil, acid, ozone and alkaline substances. If your application involves repeated movement, the extra-flexible version is designed for repetitive flexing arms and robotics.

What does Carlon offer for low-voltage wiring?

Carlon has structured cable-management products for residential new construction and retrofit work, including a backless low-voltage bracket. The open back gives you room for deep devices and cable bends without forcing the cable against the back of a box. The bracket supports wood- or steel-stud mounting and can mount vertically or horizontally.