Electrician Quick Tip #12 ⚡️ 

As long as you trim your bolt short enough to only push your box forward enough so that you can get your cover plate on, your cover plate should keep your box from pushing back further when things are being plugged in. The main idea for this trick is just to get your box forward enough to get your cover plate on. ⚡️

Good way to poke a hole through the back of the wall you're "anchoring" off of. 😂

And that screw is showing in the other room 😂😂😂

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Neighbor on opposite side of wall wondering why he has a 1/4-20 screw poking out his wall!😂😂😂

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... and the protruding screw on the opposite side of the wall in the adjoining room is great for hanging a framed picture.

Not only that, it gives someone in the other room a place to hang their hat. Nice.

Or, you could use an f clamp made for cut in boxes and avoid ruining the on the backside of that box

Nice. My box is now rock solid. Thanks

As long as it’s a solid back wall the screw is not going to poke a hole through.

If the outlets high enough on the wall you can use the end of the screw on the other side to hang a picture or something.

Good job, can also use a battle ship. But I like your idea

Just use a stainless steel cover plate. The tenant is just gonna have to live with it

The Milwaukee 4-1 is a such a bad ass little gun. Got my first one to help with installing kitchen cabs. Got a second one recently.

I love a rock solid box with no play in it.

Also, somebody went cheap and didn’t buy the h23 bracklets

Never suspected a doctor's office or hospital would have loose Junction boxes like that.

Excellent! Remember to change the customer's name in your phone to sucker because he got bamboozled. 😂😂😂

love your drill extension bar :)

"A little bit hacky"? 🤣🤣🤣

That’s clever. Trimming the bolt seems like a hit or miss. Would have to try it a couple times.

That's a pretty good idea man

..and you can use the bolt on the other side as a ground for appliances.. 😊

RACO and CADDY have box supports. Its a little clip you put on the box before the mud ring. All boxes are supposed to be supported and secured when installed. Going around to every box after the rock to fix the problem you created does seem a bit hacky, you're not wrong 😂

"now when you go to plug something in" if you haven't already you're going to blow a hole through the wall behind it....LMAO!! I've watched this like six times and I can't stop laughing.....

That’s why you should use a box holder on those

I will try this when we cross that bridge

You can use an F-clip to secure it too. They're designed for holding a 4" box flush to the wall. They're sold in sets of two attached to each other. You break them apart and they look somewhat like a capital F. They're usually used to hold in a metal new work box, but you can use them on any box to fix a wobble. You can use it with a mud-ring too, just wrap it around the mud-ring and tuck it up to the side the same as if you were using them in the other type of box. Bonus: They're UL listed items, so code inspectors cannot ding you for using something in an inappropriate or unlisted manner. And as a footnote, when installing F-clips, use needle-nose pliers to crimp them flat, then pinch the front face with your diagonal pliers once or twice to pull the clip just a smidge more by crimping that smidge in front. It pulls the box forward just a little more for a rock solid receptacle.

This is the first tip i have seen in a long time i will actually try to use, if i remeber

Rock solid box, you make the rockin world go round!

Good idea 💡 I like it

I would just put the cover on and call it a day since the cover is going to keep it held in place.

From the other room, Hey where'd that screw come from? 😂

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Or....or....now hear me out. Or...u could put some screws on the left side where the 2x4 is and remount the box.

Far side supports come in much better configurations.

Unless it's that outlet by your bed that you always jam your charger into when you can't see it well 😂

Baby after watching this I'm rock solid

They make little things that pop into the back called box support brackets nvent caddy they work pretty well

Oh dang very nice

Thank you bro!

I remember they made a clip that snaps on side of box when you have this issue. Various depths. It sits under raise. This is pretty good hack as well. 👍

There's many ways to fix that. Little spray foam, a better box stand-off, pull the box out since "your apprentice" cut the hole with a blindfold on.

One, you need an old workbox for this. Two, pretty sure that's a code violation. Another option, open the wall up a bit more and put a nailer in.

Spray foam is better, it comes in fireproof versions as well.

Stainless steel plates also work well .

Drywall apprentice lol

Spray some expansion foam behind the box. Use a long 6-32 through the face plate to pull the box flush and secure with the other face plate screw. Then remove the 'handle' screw and use a normal length faceplate screw.

Amazing trick ❤

Screw a 4s blank on the side of the box through those two factory holes. 2x4 framing is 3.5 inches long and drywall is minimum 1/2 so it won't stick out

Now I have a bolt sticking out of my stairway wall! I hang my coat on it.

Love this trick bro

and you drill though they drywall on the back real nice

Do that on the next job because you're fired from this one...😭😂🤣

Tip 3 - cut off the excess bolt sticking out the other side of the sheet rock, and patch the hole left from the bolt lol

Wooow I thought I was gonna take this one to the grave with me 😂

I haven't seen that one before.

If they would be installed right they wouldn't even wobble 🤷‍♂️

They make nice little tabs that slip in but in a pinch especially with lath and plaster it would work great

Dude thats a great idea

I've been a commercial electrician for about 20 years and I'm just learning this now. 😆 awesome

Good think but bad idea, over time that will out a hole in the wall behind it, I have seen it happen. If you use correct product, Caddy RLC, combined with stainless steel plate, the device will never move from plugging and unplugging.

Madison hanger has entered the chat 😅

Once the plate is on, it shouldn't go back in the wall at all unless the hole is bigger than the plate

There are supports that you're supposed to put on that box before you put your ring on buddy.😂😅

They make a sleeve type part that the device, a receptacle or switch, fit into sleeve. Take the longer screws included with the part and the oversized ears or tabs tighten, and now device is flush with wall and the wrapping sleeve makes near impossible to have anything drop into the wall between box and drywall.

The screw will poke through the back wall. I think if you use a metal cover plate, you can tighten it down harder to hold the box from pushing back, and maybe the screw wont damage the other side of the wall.

Jacky. That's brilliant q

Good god every damn electrician on the globe came to grace the peons beneath them with godly wisdom thank you all so much

There is a device for this. It requires the electrician to to think about it during rough-in. It basically does what this screw is doing except it spreads out the force so it won't poke through. It's a box bracket made by Caddy.

The front plate does that job.

So what happens when it punches through the drywall behind it

Don't do that if its a drywall on the opposite side, just add another pan head screw on the solid side and plate it, it should be solid and most electrician knows this

Fill sides with expansion foam, will be much more solid

You earned my sub just by seeing the 7-in-1 lol

Og trick imma steal that one

Nice tip!

Nice fix

The rough in electrician was bush league for not securing the box in the first place

The first way how to fix this is to hire “actual” electricians that support their boxes adequately

Perfect my friend 👍

Mounting brackets work wonders

Dam I've Been Doing That For Around 50yrs!!!

Good video man, I see a lot of people hating on this But first you qualified it by saying it's a little bit hack-ish, and second, there are tons of products that rely on the opposite side drywall as a means of box support

Also can put a couple of silver Sheetrock screws into the side of the mud ring in front of the 1900 box. Near the corner away from the wires

It’s not totally flush but tools you use amazing :)

Thank goodness someone actually used the word hack in its proper sense.

And as a bonus you have a key holder on the opposite side of the wall... Mount your box better

Good idea I had a better one tho but it only works on single gang I took a self tapper and sent it thru the drywall to the face of plaster ring and make sure it's embedded in the dry wall a little then cover with faceplate

I've never seen that man. I got to give it to you pretty cool

Good tip 👍

That's f****** great I can't think of how many times I ran into that problem

Yes, yes, yes. Freaking simple and brilliant

Om thinking maybe put some tape over the screw now that it protrudes toward the contacts.

Oh, thanks, i needed to know this..

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As a fellow mexican I approve

Maybe glue a piece of plywood where the screw hits to prevent breakthrough

What a ninja 🦍