The stuff to wire your home – electrical outlets, switches, boxes and wire

This show discusses the various electrical devices, boxes and wire that you may use or find in your home. Unless you work with this stuff often, you may not realize the variety of devices that are out there. We also look at box fill calculations, which indicate the minimum size of boxes.

Here is a pretty good explanation (1/2 way down page) on how to calculate box size:http://www.hubbellcatalog.com/raco/RACO_boxes.asp?FAM=R..
Another example: http://ecmweb.com/code-basics/box-fill-calculations

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