Here is the dilemma, a customer has a 3 gang switch that they would like moved onto a side panel of a refrigerator end panel. <!—-><!—-><!—->
Total depth is 1-1/2″.<!—-><!—->
That allows for breathing room between the fridge and the back of the box. <!—-><!—->
I can find the box I need in a single and double but not a triple.<!—-> <!—->
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Sorry for the delay. If 1-5/8's would work. Check Raco (hubbell-raco) Now evidently you'll need a plaster ring for this box, but there's more to sort through.
952 -- Gang Box, 3 Device, 1-5/8" Deep
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Edited 6/1/2007 6:38 pm ET by calvin
You can also check RV supply and repair shops.
SamT
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Judging from some of the things I see in walls, i'd say just forgo the box! Screw the switches to the drywall and call it good.:>)
Hell its the side panel of a fridge unit, much better holding power then the drywall!
Doug
IIRC, I bought some gangable outlet boxes at Home Depot (I think) last year. They are 1.5" deep. I had to remove the side plate from each one and drill them for conduit, which is why I remember them being gangable. If you can't find them at HD, try Lowes, but I think I found them at HD.
THX for the ideas, HD and Lowes are a no, but excelent Idea about RV's and I have a shop about three miles away.
Any good electrical supply house should have the gangable switch boxes with the removable sides.