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05-04-2012, 03:39 AM
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1900 for SGMR
What do you call the 1900 box that screws to a single gang mud ring? This is killin me.
Thanks.
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05-04-2012, 06:08 AM
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Chris,
You must be in a real jam if you are up at 3:30 thinking about these:
T&B Catalog Number:
4-SW-EA-SPL
I think if I needed some, I would describe it just the way you did. I don't remember a common name for them.
1900 mudring extension?
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05-06-2012, 09:39 PM
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what is the purpose of a 1900 box + a mud ring ???
I just use a single gang box.
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05-06-2012, 09:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by noarcflash
what is the purpose of a 1900 box + a mud ring ???
I just use a single gang box.
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Mainly to extend a flush box to make a surface run of conduit.
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05-06-2012, 09:47 PM
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What I see, and I see this alot in commerical.
EMT in the ceiling. then they drop BX to outlets, and light switches. and they use a 1900 box, plus a mud ring. and they use a shallow mud ring, so it's still beneath the surface of the sheet rock !!
yeah, it's nice so the box ins't crammed. But you can certainly get away with a deep single gang box, and save some money.
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05-06-2012, 09:52 PM
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Those boxes are great. Much better than using a handy box extension.
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05-06-2012, 10:16 PM
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I've heard them referred to as "take-off boxes".
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05-06-2012, 11:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jrannis
Chris,
You must be in a real jam if you are up at 3:30 thinking about these:
T&B Catalog Number:
4-SW-EA-SPL
I think if I needed some, I would describe it just the way you did. I don't remember a common name for them.
1900 mudring extension? |
Here, in the Midwest, we call them "California boxes". Don't ask me why 
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05-06-2012, 11:08 PM
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Here, in the Midwest, we call them "California boxes". Don't ask me why |
We do? 
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05-07-2012, 08:22 AM
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We do? |
OK. Maybe it's only a Milwaukee thing. 
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05-07-2012, 08:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Kennedy
What do you call the 1900 box that screws to a single gang mud ring? This is killin me.
Thanks.
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I quit calling it. Every time I do it doesn't answer. 
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05-29-2012, 11:49 PM
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Funny I was trying to explain these to the GF the other day and couldnt think of the name. I ended up saying a single gang extension to 4square or something like that. He got it eventually....
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05-29-2012, 11:54 PM
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i've always made my own...
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05-30-2012, 12:12 AM
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i've always made my own...
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You stamp your own boxes?
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05-30-2012, 12:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jrannis
Chris,
You must be in a real jam if you are up at 3:30 thinking about these:
T&B Catalog Number:
4-SW-EA-SPL
I think if I needed some, I would describe it just the way you did. I don't remember a common name for them.
1900 mudring extension? |
 I WANT A CASE!!! I have never seen those in Canada
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05-30-2012, 07:20 AM
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You stamp your own boxes?
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no i drill and tap a regular 4" sq box to mount to the mud ring then bring the wires through a chase nipple.
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05-30-2012, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by D-Bo
no i drill and tap a regular 4" sq box to mount to the mud ring then bring the wires through a chase nipple.
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I always disliked when I saw this.
It's a pain to fish a new circuit in without taking the poor mans box off.
You look in your home made box and can't see the 1900 behind it.
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05-30-2012, 04:31 PM
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Quote:
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no i drill and tap a regular 4" sq box to mount to the mud ring then bring the wires through a chase nipple.
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A little different
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05-30-2012, 04:47 PM
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- single gang extension ring
-breakout box
- California box
Usually Someone will recognize one of those
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05-30-2012, 07:49 PM
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Quote:
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Chris,
You must be in a real jam if you are up at 3:30 thinking about these:
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I'm up between 3 and 4 every morning, no alarm clock, just old and stupid.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wirenuting
I always disliked when I saw this.
It's a pain to fish a new circuit in without taking the poor mans box off.
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Thats not what I use them for. Picture roughing in a kitchen. Land MC for ice maker ect in a 1900 with SGMR. Up goes the rock then FRP or stainless. Ice maker comes in, install the box in question over the opening, covers any flaws in the wall finish. Now FMC to equipment termination, switch and industrial cover, I'm golden.
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