Middle Atlantic AMD8CTCAB Floor Box Cover Kit

Overview

The Middle Atlantic AMD8CTCAB is a Ratchet-Pro single-service floor box cover kit finished in brass, built for integrators who need a durable, code-compliant closure over an in-floor connectivity or power service point. It's a hardware accessory rather than an electronics component — no batteries, no firmware, nothing to configure — but the fit and finish matter on jobs where the floor box sits in a visible corridor, lobby, or conference room and has to close flush and stay closed under foot traffic. The AMD8CTCAB is TAA compliant, which matters if you're specifying for a government, education, or other public-sector job that requires Trade Agreements Act sourcing documentation on the bill of materials.

Key Features

• Brass construction: Brass resists the scuffing and corrosion that a lower-grade finish picks up fast in a lobby or conference room floor box that gets rolled over by carts and foot traffic daily.
• Ratchet-Pro cover mechanism: A ratcheting cover design is built to close and seat repeatedly without the cover mechanism loosening over years of service — relevant for floor boxes that get opened for cable moves/adds/changes more than once during a building's life.
• Single-service configuration: Sized for a single-service floor box opening, so confirm your in-floor box is a single-gang/single-service unit before ordering — this cover kit is not a multi-service or divided-service plate.
• TAA compliance: Documented Trade Agreements Act compliance lets this line item pass procurement review on federal, state, and education bids without a separate sourcing exception request.
• 1.00 lb kit weight: Light enough to ship parcel and handle one-handed during install — no special freight handling needed for this line item.
• 2-Year warranty (1-Year from Installation or 2-Years from Day of Sale): Coverage runs from whichever start date applies to your job — installation date or purchase date — giving field-installed jobs a full year of coverage from commissioning rather than from the invoice date.

Integration & Compatibility

The AMD8CTCAB is designed to mate with Middle Atlantic's AB-series floor box product line — its part number carries the "AB" (floor box) and "CT" (cover/connector trim) designators used across that Middle Atlantic hardware family. Before ordering, confirm the specific AB-series floor box model already in the floor or specified for the job, since cover kits in this family are sized to match a particular floor box body rather than fitting universally. For AV and low-voltage integrators pulling this into a broader room build, floor box cover kits like the AMD8CTCAB typically pair with in-wall or rack-mounted gear elsewhere in the room — if you're speccing the rest of a rack alongside this floor box, the mounting solutions category covers rack and enclosure hardware from the same product family. If the floor box feeds a security or AV-over-IP run into a nearby rack, it's worth checking cable pathway planning against a PoE and cable planning guide before finalizing conduit and box placement, since floor box capacity is fixed once the concrete or subfloor is poured around it.

What's in the Box

The AMD8CTCAB ships as a complete Ratchet-Pro single-service cover kit in brass finish. Exact individual component counts (screws, trim rings, gaskets) are not broken out in available documentation — order confirms the full kit ships as a single, complete unit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is the AMD8CTCAB TAA compliant?

A: Yes. The AMD8CTCAB is documented as TAA compliant, which supports use on federal, state, and education procurement that requires Trade Agreements Act sourcing.

Q: What's the warranty on the AMD8CTCAB?

A: It carries a 2-year warranty, structured as 1 year from installation or 2 years from the date of sale, whichever applies to your project.

Q: What finish does the AMD8CTCAB come in?

A: Brass.

Q: Does the AMD8CTCAB fit any floor box, or a specific model?

A: It's a single-service cover kit designed for Middle Atlantic's AB-series floor box line. Confirm your specific floor box body before ordering to ensure fit.

Q: How much does the AMD8CTCAB weigh?

A: 1.00 lb as shipped.

Marty Allison

The AMD8CTCAB is one of those line items that's easy to overlook on a BOM until you're standing over an open floor box with the wrong cover in hand. It's a Ratchet-Pro single-service cover kit in brass, and the spec that actually matters here is the ratcheting closure mechanism — it's built to seat cleanly on repeat openings, not just the first time out of the box.

Technical Highlights:

• Brass finish: Holds up to foot traffic and cart rollover in lobbies and conference rooms better than a painted or plated finish — this is a cover that gets stepped on for years.
• Ratchet-Pro mechanism: Designed for repeated open/close cycles without the latch loosening, which matters on floor boxes that get opened every time there's a cable move-add-change.
• TAA compliance: Lets this part clear procurement on federal and education jobs without a sourcing exception, which I've seen kill an otherwise-approved BOM at the eleventh hour.

Deployment Considerations:

• This is a single-service configuration — verify the in-floor AB-series box body already in place or specified before ordering, since cover kits in this family are matched to a specific box, not universal.
• At 1.00 lb it ships and handles easily, but don't let that fool you into skipping the fit check against the box model — a mismatched cover kit is a return, and floor box swaps after the concrete pour are expensive.

Good fit for a conference room or lobby retrofit where the floor box is already in place and visible underfoot — brass finish and the Ratchet-Pro mechanism are the two things worth confirming against your existing AB-series box before you order the AMD8CTCAB.