Method and system of an installer-friendly, modularly adaptable, electrical, outlet gang box

Abstract

An electrical box including a hollow container defining an interior space, as well as neutral and hot exterior connectors mounted on an exterior surface of the container, and ground, neutral, hot, and alternate hot interior conductive members mounted on an interior surface of the container which define a single circuit of the electrical box. The exterior connectors receive electrical power from a multi-conductor electrical cable and transfer the power to an electrical unit connected to the internal conductive members without the multi-conductor electrical cable entering the interior space of the electrical box. The exterior connectors are preferably insulation displacement connectors (IDCs) and are mounted to exterior bus bars that contain high current screw holes that, for alternative use, also accept high current wire connectors used where the electrical power is higher than the current capacity of the IDCs. The conductive members are preferably rigid conductive fingers attached to interior bus bars such that contacts of the electrical unit mate with the electrical box when the unit is installed in the box. When a plurality of single circuits are included in an electrical box, conductive tabs are provided to transfer electrical power from the interior bus bars of one circuit to the interior bus bars of another circuit. Two or more electrical boxes may be ganged together by manufacturing the boxes adjacent to one another, removing common interior walls and overlapping mounting lips, and providing removable jumper tabs that span from one box to an adjacent box.