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Wiki: Pattress
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Yes, lets just be practical about it. Lots of diyers, tradespeople and
sellers call them pattresses, so pattress is a valid name for them.
Ditto backboxes, ditto wiring accessory boxes.
I most commonly come across the term pattress used only for surface
mounting boxes.
I could very easily be mistaken on this, but I thought the use of
'pattress' for moden backboxes was the result of the continuing to use
the word for the bit that goes behind a socket, even though today the
box shape of it is different to the old flat plates. Hence 'pattess'
describes 3 different things today - backboxes, the older little
wooden plates, and big structural loadpsreading plates - but for the
most part, electrical accessory backboxes.
I expect there is a regional variation, but its certainly not the most
commonly used of the terms.
I dont think any one particular term as an article heading is going to
be a winner, as none are in universal use, and all are terms in
widepsread use.
Agreed - something generic for the article title would hence be best.
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Cheers,
John.
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