Unsecured box/receptacle...

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Almost forgot,
I did do the fill calc, and the box I would be using has 13.0 cu in.
13.00
-4.50 device
-6.75 conductors
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1.75 available?
What did miss?
 
c_picard said:
Almost forgot,
I did do the fill calc, and the box I would be using has 13.0 cu in.
13.00
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You said it was a "Handy Box", a standard handy box does not have 13.0 cu in.

I think a standard handy box has about 10 cu in.
 
So sorry, their note did read " handy type box", I just selected a 1 7/8" deep box to satisfy the fill requirement.
Sorta like the guy who insists that a suzuki samaurai is a "Jeep"....
 
c_picard said:
their note did read " handy type box", I just selected a 1 7/8" deep box to satisfy the fill requirement.
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And I was mistaken, it looks like a 'standard' depth handy box does have 13.0 cu in.

BTW, some inspectors view the use of a box with KOs in a free floating application to be a violation onto itself.

The premade assemblies come with FS style steel boxes. (Think steel Bell Box)
 
I did an inspection at Home Depot the other day. They have free floating pendant boxes that I had not seen before. They have the KOs, but they are not the standard KOs we normally see. These KOs will take quite a bit of work to remove, very much molded in the manufacturing process.

Today I did an inspection. The boxes for the receptacles were laying on the floor- plastic... and all broken up from being stepped on and whatever. I asked them to replace the boxes and remove the temps from the floor. They were not too happy. They do not understand that I was doing them a favor. :wink:
 
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