You certainly can use metal or platic covers on plastic boxes. You need to make sure all wires are capped in the box....and you should not mix low voltage wires with line voltage in the same box.
They are indeed all capped off now that I removed the pigtails that went to the old lights that no longer exist. Yeah I learned the no mixing low and line voltage wires earlier when doing some networking.You certainly can use metal or platic covers on plastic boxes. You need to make sure all wires are capped in the box....and you should not mix low voltage wires with line voltage in the same box.
ThanksThere is no problum using metal covers, and yes they should have been covered in the first place.
The potential problem is that if anything goes wrong inside the box and something is loose, the metal cover can become energized.There is no problum using metal covers, and yes they should have been covered in the first place.
A metal cover is usually used with a metal box. A metal outlet or switch cover can be used with a plastic if the outlet/switch is properly grounded, because the cover screw threads into the metal outlet/switch frame.Why, they sell metal outlet and switch covers, what's the differance?
Good job.:thumbsup:Thanks guys. Here is a shot based on what k_buz suggested. It doesn't look the greatest but it works.