special outlet plate
#1
01-20-03, 02:40 PM
special outlet plate
I have a wierd configuration for an outlet plate that I can't find pre-made........any ideas what I use to cut out a blank plastic plate with...with out breaking the darn thing???
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01-20-03, 02:51 PM
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What is the configuration? The local home depot here has individual sections of plates that snap together to make just about any order/config. They look pretty good.
#3
01-20-03, 03:38 PM
outlet plate
Well, I know it's not "code", but I want an outlet (plug) and a cable tv "hole" beside it....
sound like something I can get at Home Depot???
sound like something I can get at Home Depot???
#4
01-20-03, 03:43 PM
There are some nifty modular cover plates at Home Depot. I recently had an application that I could not find a coverplate for anywhere and made my own. I need a 2-gang box covered with a plate that had a GFCI hole on one side and none on the other. I just bought a blank plate and cut out a hole using a air-driven die grinder and small cut off wheels. A dremel would work just as well. Good Luck.
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01-20-03, 03:54 PM
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Check your local electrical supply house. They should have a two gang duplex/blank plate available. Then merely drill a hole in the center the correct size for an "f" coupling. Clamp the cover upside-down on a piece of scrap wood. Drill slowly with a very sharp bit.
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01-20-03, 04:16 PM
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The individual sections I described or the modular plates as described by BobMachus are the way to go. I think we are describing the same item.
As last option, do like Bolted Fault.
As last option, do like Bolted Fault.
#8
01-21-03, 01:27 AM
when i did this i used a single gang box (made a hole beside the box) then used a decora catv/phone plate then used a recptical makes a clean neat instal this is just what i did
catv jack
http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=prod...00000334-2162A
catv/phone
http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=prod...00000334-3562V
catv jack
http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=prod...00000334-2162A
catv/phone
http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=prod...00000334-3562V
