blue plastic electrical boxes And where I'm trying to use metal clamps with romex in plastic boxes (per the photo), I will switch to plastic clamps . Thanks all for your help and sorry for the confusion. Anyone know a good place to buy deep new work 1-gang metal boxes with stud brackets? HD and Lowes is a crapshoot, that's why I ended up with plastic boxes in the first place. $1,249.00
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As the blue boxes are plastic, there is no need to ground them. Should you use any metal boxes, include them in the equipment grounding path with a pigtail to a ground screw within the box. I'm gonna hurl myself against the wall I have a few of those blue plastic electric junction boxes that I need to put covers over, but they didn't come with screws. what kind of screws can I fit into these? House Information: Build 1996, 1500 sq ft basement, 1500 sq ft 1st floor, 800 sq ft 2nd floor, 560 sq ft unfinished attic space on 2nd floor. And where I'm trying to use metal clamps with romex in plastic boxes (per the photo), I will switch to plastic clamps . Thanks all for your help and sorry for the confusion. Anyone know a good place to buy deep new work 1-gang metal boxes with stud brackets? HD and Lowes is a crapshoot, that's why I ended up with plastic boxes in the first place. Hoping someone can see what we did wrong, or if not, agree that the electrical boxes we used have a design flaw! Link here: Carlon 1-Gang 18 cu. in. Shallow New Work Electrical Box-SNO18-6R - The Home Depot We selected the shallow, extra width 1 gang electrical boxes so we could fit more insulation behind them on our exterior walls.
Some plastic boxes have the clamp-like closures that hold the cable coming into the box. But other plastic boxes, specifically most of the Carlon single gang boxes, have full knockouts and don't require any clamping mechanism for the cable. You just have to fasten the cable to the framing member within a few inches from the box.
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Exception: Where nonmetallic-sheathed cable is used with single gang nonmetallic boxes not larger than a nominal size 57 mm × 100 mm (2 ¼ in. × 4 in.) mounted in walls or ceilings, and where the cable is fastened within 200 mm (8 in.) of the box measured along the sheath and where the sheath extends through a cable knockout not less than 6 . In both cases, the blue plastic ceiling boxes, about about 11-12 year old, were very brittle / easy for pieces to break off. And both had broken where screws had gone through the blue plastic into a wooden joist. Then the screws that secured the lamp fixture into the the blue ceiling box had also come loose. CSA approved plastic boxes can be used, CSA requires that the grounding lug/ screw in the box be bonded to the receptacle, not required in the US. The Carlon Blue plastic boxes are missing that. See the grey NuTek plastic box which is CSA approved. I have been finishing my basement and for the most part it looks good. PROBLEM - I set the blue plastic electrical boxes to far into the wall. The drywall sticks way out. I have seen the small plastic spacers at harware stores. Does anyone know if those work or is there a better extension product to fix this bonehead problem that I created.
My electrical answers are based on 2017 NEC, you may have local amendments. Location: Coastal South Carolina As the blue boxes are plastic, there is no need to ground them. Should you use any metal boxes, include them in the equipment grounding path with a pigtail to a ground screw within the box. I'm gonna hurl myself against the wall I have a few of those blue plastic electric junction boxes that I need to put covers over, but they didn't come with screws. what kind of screws can I fit into these? House Information: Build 1996, 1500 sq ft basement, 1500 sq ft 1st floor, 800 sq ft 2nd floor, 560 sq ft unfinished attic space on 2nd floor.
And where I'm trying to use metal clamps with romex in plastic boxes (per the photo), I will switch to plastic clamps . Thanks all for your help and sorry for the confusion. Anyone know a good place to buy deep new work 1-gang metal boxes with stud brackets? HD and Lowes is a crapshoot, that's why I ended up with plastic boxes in the first place. Hoping someone can see what we did wrong, or if not, agree that the electrical boxes we used have a design flaw! Link here: Carlon 1-Gang 18 cu. in. Shallow New Work Electrical Box-SNO18-6R - The Home Depot We selected the shallow, extra width 1 gang electrical boxes so we could fit more insulation behind them on our exterior walls.
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Some plastic boxes have the clamp-like closures that hold the cable coming into the box. But other plastic boxes, specifically most of the Carlon single gang boxes, have full knockouts and don't require any clamping mechanism for the cable. You just have to fasten the cable to the framing member within a few inches from the box. Exception: Where nonmetallic-sheathed cable is used with single gang nonmetallic boxes not larger than a nominal size 57 mm × 100 mm (2 ¼ in. × 4 in.) mounted in walls or ceilings, and where the cable is fastened within 200 mm (8 in.) of the box measured along the sheath and where the sheath extends through a cable knockout not less than 6 .
In both cases, the blue plastic ceiling boxes, about about 11-12 year old, were very brittle / easy for pieces to break off. And both had broken where screws had gone through the blue plastic into a wooden joist. Then the screws that secured the lamp fixture into the the blue ceiling box had also come loose. CSA approved plastic boxes can be used, CSA requires that the grounding lug/ screw in the box be bonded to the receptacle, not required in the US. The Carlon Blue plastic boxes are missing that. See the grey NuTek plastic box which is CSA approved. I have been finishing my basement and for the most part it looks good. PROBLEM - I set the blue plastic electrical boxes to far into the wall. The drywall sticks way out. I have seen the small plastic spacers at harware stores. Does anyone know if those work or is there a better extension product to fix this bonehead problem that I created.
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