Blanks for cover plates
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TOOL_5150
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-Whats wrong with just wiring up 3 more receps?
-Filler plates are made for decora type plates, I have also seen regular toggle switch blanks. I havent ever seen a standard receptacle blank. Ill look for you..
In the meantime, you could use this:
one of these:
With a few of these:
~Matt
brantmacga
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go to the supply house and ask for a sectional wall plate; you need three blanks and one duplex. each blank will have a metal bracket that goes into the device screw holes on the box, and then the bracket has holes for the blank to screw into.
i dont know if i would use the network wiring stuff for this, probably listing issue, not to mention the trash talking that will ensue when the next electrican comes along.
I looked in my leviton catalog, they have decora blanks and toggle switch blanks, but no receptacle blanks. Seems like it would be cheaper to install 3 more receptacles than anything else but a couple options are:
-use decora receptacle and 3 decora blanks and 4 gang decora cover
-leave your duplex recpetacle, and mount 3 toggle switch blanks, and use a 4 gang 1x duplex + 3x toggle cover
I looked in my leviton catalog, they have decora blanks and toggle switch blanks, but no receptacle blanks. Seems like it would be cheaper to install 3 more receptacles than anything else but a couple options are:
-use decora receptacle and 3 decora blanks and 4 gang decora cover
-leave your duplex recpetacle, and mount 3 toggle switch blanks, and use a 4 gang 1x duplex + 3x toggle cover
some Ace carry them if your wholesaler does not.
http://www.acehardware.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2632343&cp=2568443.2568454.2632233
http://www.acehardware.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2632343&cp=2568443.2568454.2632233
ptonsparky
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Generally cheaper just to put the device in it.
Fulthrotl
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AV ELECTRIC
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Ide remove the box and put a single gain box in its place anything else would look funky.
That is the ticket.
MarkyMarkNC
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One other option others have not mentioned -
P&S, Leviton, and Cooper will all make a custom wallplate for just about any combination you can think of. Expect to pay $40.0 to $50.00 and wait about three or four weeks for a custom plastic 4g.
Like others have said, your best option is probably the sectionals. They look a little doo-dooish, but less so than any of your other options aside from the above.
P&S, Leviton, and Cooper will all make a custom wallplate for just about any combination you can think of. Expect to pay $40.0 to $50.00 and wait about three or four weeks for a custom plastic 4g.
Like others have said, your best option is probably the sectionals. They look a little doo-dooish, but less so than any of your other options aside from the above.
buddhakii
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You could always customize your own with a sawzall:smile:The nylon plates won't break when you cut them.
LarryFine
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I believe Mulberry will, too.
If I remember correctly a 1" punch makes a hole the size of a recep. Take a 4 gang blank, punch two holes, drill one and make your own. If not a punch, I'm sure the appropriate sized hole saw is available and cheap.
Agh....I just looked at a recep. I forgot about the flat part...might not look so great
Agh....I just looked at a recep. I forgot about the flat part...might not look so great
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Cow
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That'd work if he changed the duplex to two single receps.:wink:
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