Exposed work box covers

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who makes the 4" square box covers for exposed work with the more rounded corners...not the crushed corner style?
 
Last I knew about, you could get the RS covers in crushed corner or the regular from most any manufacturer. I know for sure that Raco makes them. I don't like the "regular", since the long screws disappear from the packaging too easily.
 
well I found a picture of the style I'm talking about... the cover in the picture is being called a Raco #902C but if you google that part number, you get pictures of the ones with a "crushed corner" - are those the new way of doing it?

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A Steel City RS12 has a bit of a frame around it, but not quite as much as the one in your pic. Some special reason it must be that one?
 
no real reason besides I like the look of the one in that picture more than the crushed corner style... I'm picky :) and just curious about the history of this stuff... are crushed corner what they are manufacturing now, not the style in the picture?
 
These covers you are looking for might be difficult to find. The 2008 code relaxes the bonding requirements for receptacles attached to the cover in your photo, no bonding jumper is reqired to be connected to the receptacle when you use that style cover and it is attached by 2 screws. None the less as Marc stated in an earlier post just about all the manufacters have made the style you are looking for now you need to find the supply house or box store that carries it. Good luck.

Joe
 
Off topic, but...

Off topic, but...

480sparky said:
Steel City covers:

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Poolside said:
Thread electrical wire through conduits. Spray WD-40 on the electrical wire to help it glide through winding conduits.
- Greg
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From what I've ever seen, the 1900 covers always came with the 'crushed' corner cover and the 5" (4 11/16) always came with the 'rounded' corner cover.
 
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joebell said:
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The 2008 code relaxes the bonding requirements for receptacles attached to the cover in your photo, no bonding jumper is reqired to be connected to the receptacle when you use that style cover and it is attached by 2 screws. ... Good luck.
Joe
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Got a quick Code Article to go with this statement ?
Or are you referenving using the tab ?

I think, I'll continue to Bond, I don't like my ears ringing!

I seem to always have a complete rounded edge raised cover, but have used both.

Thanks 480, filed that pic,its filed
 
cadpoint said:
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Got a quick Code Article to go with this statement ?
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I'd heard the same thing re: 2008 code and bonding devices connected to what we call "1900 commercial covers" 'round here.

But I don't know where in the Code it is stated. Mayhaps folklore?
 
This is from the 2008:

250.146(A) Surface-Mounted Box. This provision shall not apply to cover-mounted receptacles unless the box and cover combination are listed as providing satisfactory ground continuity between the box and the receptacle. A listed exposed work cover shall be permitted to be the grounding and bonding means when (1) the device is attached to the cover with at least two fasteners that are permanent (such as a rivet) or have a thread locking or screw locking means and (2) when the cover mounting holes are located on a flat non-raised portion of the cover.
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kornbln said:
taking a look at the Raco catalog there are crushed corner and non-crushed... why? anyone have some insight into this? is it just a matter of appearance or is there some technical/code reason?
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I really don't know. My personal opinion... if a guy is not using crushed corner covers, he's doing the wrong thing. The one's with the raised corners are harder to get to sit nice on the box, use long screws that are easily lost, and come in plastic wrappers that need disposed of. The crushed corners covers lay flat and tight on the box, use the short screws that already come installed in the 4-square, and generally have no individual packaging requiring disposal.
 
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