I was doing a lot of low voltage wiring above a drop ceiling the past few weeks and noticed there were several electrical boxes that had no covers, some had wires sticking out that were live, and some had metal covers while the boxes themselves were plastic.
I removed the excess wires that were sticking out out of several and would like to close the boxes up since I'm sure code doesn't allow for these boxes to just be open to the area above a drop ceiling.
The problem I'm having is that the only covers I'm finding that fit are metal 3.5" round covers. The plastic covers all seem to be for a 4" round box. I looked around online and didn't see any smaller covers so I'm not holding out a lot of hope for a local electrical supply. The boxes were all used at one point for your basic porcelain light before the basement was finished.
Am I correct that I shouldn't be using the metal covers? Anyone have a source for these smaller covers in plastic or should I plan on replacing the few ceiling boxes?
I removed the excess wires that were sticking out out of several and would like to close the boxes up since I'm sure code doesn't allow for these boxes to just be open to the area above a drop ceiling.
The problem I'm having is that the only covers I'm finding that fit are metal 3.5" round covers. The plastic covers all seem to be for a 4" round box. I looked around online and didn't see any smaller covers so I'm not holding out a lot of hope for a local electrical supply. The boxes were all used at one point for your basic porcelain light before the basement was finished.
Am I correct that I shouldn't be using the metal covers? Anyone have a source for these smaller covers in plastic or should I plan on replacing the few ceiling boxes?