Sales note

NEMA Type 4X Class I Division 2

Hazardous Location Transformers

Reliable power meets

robust protection.
Combine the power of Eaton’s proven Class I Division 2 Groups A, B, C, D hazardous location listed transformers with
NEMA™ Type 4X enclosures for robust environmental protection in the harshest of applications.

APPLICATIONS/INSTALLATIONS MARKETS: SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• Industrial ❒ Alternative energy 3Industrial and manufacturing
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❒ Commercial construction ❒ Infrastructure
❒ Data centers ❒ Machine building
❒ Education 3 Mining and processing
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❒ Electric utilities 3Oil and gas
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❒ Electronics ❒ Pulp and paper
❒ Food and beverage ❒ Residential construction
❒ Government ❒ Transportation
❒ Healthcare 3Water/wastewater
❒

TYPICAL CUSTOMERS TARGET REGIONS AND COUNTRIES

• Oil and gas extractors • Mining Regions Countries
• Oil and gas handling • Marine and offshore 3 Americas
❒ • United States
• Water and wastewater 3 EMEA
❒ • Mexico
3 APAC
❒ • Canada
• Saudi Arabia

Key features and benefits

Feature Benefit

Robust environmental protection Get reliable performance in environments where equipment can suffer
damage from dust, wind, ice, and water ingress

Corrosion-resistant configurations Enhance equipment life with Grade 316 stainless steel protection in
environments that contain chlorides, such as salt or saltwater spray

Wide range of single- and three-phase ratings Get flexibility and a configuration for nearly any application

Fully enclosed design Enhance personnel protection against hazardous electrical parts

Integral mounting brackets on wall-mount designs Reduce installation costs and time, place enclosure at the required
distance from a wall or mounting surface

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 HOW TO FIND BUSINESS
What to look for
• Locations that are classified as Class I Division 2 by NEC™;
locations where an accidental spill or leak of a hazardous material
may occur
• Customers with equipment damage due to dust, wind, ice or
water
• Customers who want to extend equipment life in harsh
environments
• Customers who want to lower maintenance costs associated with
regularly replacing damaged equipment
• Customers who routinely replace transformers due to enclosure
corrosion
How we address key business challenges
• Increase life of electrical distribution systems
• Protect transformers from dust, wind, ice, or water
• Provide proven dry-type transformer technology
Important questions
• Is your electrical system at risk of downtime due to harsh
conditions?
• How much lost time and revenue are you experiencing each year
from downtime?
• Does your current solution offer the combination of NEMA 4X
protection and UL™ Listed Hazardous Location transformer?
• How often do you have to replace transformers because the
enclosure is rusting?
Key selling points
• UL Listed Hazardous Location (Class I Division 2, Groups A, B, C,
D) transformer
• NEMA Type 4X enclosure available in either grade 304 or 316
stainless steel
• Available in a wide range of ratings; 1 kVA to 25 kVA single-phase;
3 kVA to 75 kVA three-phase
• Gasketed cover prevents hose-directed water from entering wiring
compartment
• All internal components are encapsulated in electrical grade silica
sand and resin or epoxy
• All hardware is stainless steel to prevent corrosion
• Integral wall-mounting brackets place the enclosure at the required
distance from the wall or mounting surface

Customer reaction Competitive summary

Reaction Reply Company Equivalent product

Are NEMA 4X enclosed Yes, the NEMA 4X product Hammond Power HPS Titan® series
hazardous location transformers offering is in an enclosure the Solutions
the same size as more same sizes as Eaton’s NEMA
common NEMA 3R enclosed 3R family of encapsulated Sola/Hevi-Duty HS and HT series
transformers? transformers.
Olsun Electrics HazPak series
Why won’t NEMA 3R painted NEMA 4X stainless steel enclo-
steel enclosures endure sures have superior corrosion- Eaton’s Crouse-Hinds XDT series
corrosive environments? resistant properties compared business
to NEMA 3R painted steel
enclosures.

Why is it important to use a The National Electrical Code

transformer that is UL Listed Article 500 requires the
for Class I Division 2 hazardous use of hazardous location
locations? transformers in these particular
environments.

ADDITIONAL SALES RESOURCES

• Product brochure: BR00904001E
• Eaton.com/transformers

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