junction box

Noun

Meaning

junction box (plural junction boxes)

(electrical engineering) A box through which the main conductors of a system of electric distribution pass, and where connection is made with branch circuits or to extend circuits.

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A driver who caused extensive damage to the commemorative lamppost, sea wall and electricity junction box at Lazaretto Point, Sandbank, was sentenced yesterday (May 5) at Dunoon Sheriff Court. Source: Internet

Investigators subsequently determined the fire to be electrical in origin and traced it to a short in a junction box in the attic. Source: Internet

This pacemaker function begins the electrical impulse, which follows pathways in the atrial walls, almost like wiring, to a junction box between the atrium and ventricle called the atrioventricular node). Source: Internet

It needs to be attached to a junction box mounted on your house or, ideally, embedded into the wall. Source: Internet

Locate the hanging bracket and secure it to the stud that holds the junction box, or secure it to the junction box if it is bolted to a ceiling fan brace. Source: Internet

Or you need to install a true junction box for a wired light and make sure it is attached to a ceiling joist or use a ceiling fan brace kit. Source: Internet

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