Siemens MT-SUR-BOX-W — white surface and weatherproof back box for Siemens wall mount notification appliances, order code 500-636118.
Siemens publishes its back boxes as lettered mounting options in data sheet 2585; this one is option (M), described there as a surface and weatherproof back box. It lets an appliance that would normally recess into a flush box be mounted on the wall surface, and it is the mounting the weatherproof MTH horn-strobes are ordered with.
- Order code 500-636118 (white); the red version is order code 500-693168
- Body 5 1/4 in. square × 2 5/8 in. deep, 5 21/32 in. across the mounting tabs
- 3 3/8 in. square mounting pattern inside the box
- Used with Siemens Series HS and Series SET appliances; also for surface mounting MTH and MT weatherproof products
- Mounting option (M) for MTH-R, MTH-W, MTH-MC-R, MTH-MC-W and the weatherproof MTH-75-R-WP and MTH-HMC series
The sibling is MT-SUR-BOX, the identical box in red, so check the color suffix before ordering. Do not substitute SBBS or DBBS, which are indoor surface boxes, or WPSBBS and WBBS, which are weatherproof boxes for the ST-WP and AH-WP series instead.