26 May
2009
26 May
'09
12:28 p.m.
Thanks for the info, "receptacles" got hundred of items, though few
seem to be on plates UK style and none in boxes like a UK 'metal clad'
IIRC, the convential way that US socket outlets d ofit into a metal back
box (a bit like the flush boxes we use in the UK), and then a serparate
plastic faceplate is screwd on the the front. It's not quite like the UK
mounting.
Anyway, when I mounded up a US socket for a test cable, I did what you're
suggesting and fitted it in a normal plastic project box.
Cable mounting ('free') US sockets certainly exist and may be more useful
to you for this application. I have no idea what they're gernally called,
though.
socket, but I can cut suitable holes in a few project
boxes so not
really a problem. There was a splash proof socket in a box but I don't
really want a flip up cover on a permanent installation.
Thank again.
-tony