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Expanding a 2 gang box to 3
On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 10:26:09 -0700 (PDT),
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On Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 8:05:58 AM UTC-5, wrote:
I have 2 gang box and I need to expand it to 3 gang.
Looked at several videos on U-tube and others, but they all suggest removing the existing box and replacing it with 3 gang plastic.
Don't like to use plastic because the threads strip to easily.
I thought the industry made it simple to add another gang to the existing older gang-able romex style steel boxes ?
The existing boxes are probably something close to this:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Steel-Ci...-25R/202597292
The building is 40 years old. The boxes are gang-able, but how do gang and extra w/o removing the old ?
Thanks
I looked at the Arlington stuff, what I saw was plastic or vinyl. Its a pain when the threads strip out of the plastic stuff.
I've never seen stripped threads on a plastic box. Are you improperly using
an impact driver?
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