NM Box Supply Issues

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electrofelon said:
I personally haven't had any issues with stripping with the allied boxes. Those brown "bakelite" ones yes.
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Brown bakelite are the worse, then next inline I've seen a lot of fiberglass ones stripped out usually on older installs that had been changed a few times. But any of the box types can get stripped including metal ones if screws are over torqued. One solution is don't let the newbie use the power screwdriver, make then work out their wrist.
 
LarryFine said:
Can be done with with blue boxes, too. (Click and enlarge to see sharper pics.)

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My experience with those blue 4-gang boxes is I needed to add a "scab" of 2x4 and attach the end of the boxes where the holes are (for that purpose) for support. A poor drywaller will push that box back and not cut out enough of the drywall to allow the box to come back flush.
 
LarryFine said:
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Not to nitpick, but I'm also curious about having only 1 ground pigtail for 4 switches.

Do you wrap and jump between all the switches or do you cut the pigtail off before installing devices?

I also noticed a hook in the end of the ground wire. I worked with a guy who did that on all device makeup on the rough-in. I came back to do the finish and tore half my finger off because I grabbed the whole bundle of wires in a receptacle and pulled them out fairly quickly. Got fish-hooked šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬
 
Little Bill said:
My experience with those blue 4-gang boxes is I needed to add a "scab" of 2x4 and attach the end of the boxes where the holes are (for that purpose) for support. A poor drywaller will push that box back and not cut out enough of the drywall to allow the box to come back flush.
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It just makes the job take longerv if you have to doctor up your boxes before you're comfortable walking away from them
 
When I started wiring I used FG boxes and they had internal metal clamps. Plastic nail on didnā€™t have any clamps
Of course when I started brown was common for cover plates, ivory was being used a bit
 
Little Bill said:
My experience with those blue 4-gang boxes is I needed to add a "scab" of 2x4 and attach the end of the boxes where the holes are (for that purpose) for support. A poor drywaller will push that box back and not cut out enough of the drywall to allow the box to come back flush.
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they (drywallers) might even find some way to twist the box when they make cutout then when you come to trim, it won't be level, device mounting holes may not be spaced correctly for device to fit plus the cover plate won't line up properly with devices. Fiberglass won't do that, if they get too aggressive they will break the box instead of just twisting it. They probably still won't tell anyone they broke it though and then someone has a problem at finish time. I try to stop in most my projects after they hang drywall though just to see if they damaged anything, missed cutting out something, etc. and hopefully it can still be fixed while the tapers are still there.
 
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