Description of our Receptacle

 The "Knee Saver Universal Electrical Box" (KSUEB) is the latest advancement in receptacle and switch development for commercial and home use. The KSUEB's new design eliminates the need to get down on your knees to install a receptacle, but that's not all! As a matter of fact, it is just the beginning! 

• All wires including the ground wires are always visible, while electrical components are installed ad operating. 
• There is no place to use wire nuts or even a pigtail since the receptacle is in direct contact with a ground strip.
• Once installed, the box redirects current without disconnecting or moving the wires and will power up only if the electrical component and the wire are of the same amperage!
• Electrical lines are identifiable and may be energized while the walls are open. This is possible because the lines with power are coming directly from the panel or a KSUEB, and all of the wires are dead ended at each KSUEB. The installer decides when each receptacle or switch gets power. The days of completing a circuit, then the breaker going off, then having to find what is tripping the breaker are over! 
• Since all wires are visible, we may not be able to fully wire up all connections in the "roughing in" process in one trip. 
• One design can handle nine sheathed cables in a standard 3 1/2 inch box, with five #14 wire and four #12 wire lines. While you may not want to have two different power lines going into the box, it has the capabilities. 
• Any 3 wire cables are distinguishable
• The ability to view the number of wires going into the box and their size is now possible!

 We have developed several receptacle models that improve upon the basic receptacles used today.  The first model is a SINGLE PURPOSE receptacle, which has a one piece design (i.e. a 20 amp receptacle). This receptacle offers several  advantages including the ELIMINATION of the need to  GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES during installation..  Additionally, all wires are visible so that an electrician or an electrical inspector can get a lot more information about the wiring inside the box.  Presently, installed receptacles do not allow for an easy visible inspection. Using our receptacles, all wires can be SECURED by an electrician on the first day.  Any improperly installed wire, which BECOMES "loose", CANNOT touch any other wire, if at least one of the three wires (black,white, or bare) is still fastened , the cable cannot move and remains isolated from other wires.
 This new receptacle has  NO SHOCK HAZARDS, unlike currently used receptacles, because there are no exposed "energized" wires or screw  heads.  Wire nuts and pig tails are not used, and three wire lines are easily distinguishable, as is the number of lines going into the box. POLARITY issues are ELIMINATED.One can  easily SEE if a wire is in the wrong place. The aforementioned traits are only some of the benefits that the single purpose receptacle has to offer.

      Another model offers the same benefits as the single purpose receptacle, PLUS  several more! This model, called the MULTI-PURPOSE  receptacle, has a two piece design.  The male component sits directly in front of the female component.  PRONGS  from the rear of the male piece fit into holes in the face of the female piece.   ALL WIRES are FASTENED, (but not electrically connected), to the side of the female component of the receptacle in orderly vertical rows.  There is a vertical row for the black and/or red wires, a vertical row for the neutral wires, and a vertical GROUND BAR for the ground wires( GROUND wires ARE connected to each other).  The male component MAKES all the CONNECTIONS.  As long as you have installed the correct number of lines, and installed those lines, black to black, white to white, ground to ground bar, the male component determines what the electrical box becomes.  THAT'S RIGHT; the box does not have to be a receptacle.  If you "push" in a 110v   15 amp receptacle, that's what it is.  Push in a 220v receptacle,( as long as you have installed the correct wires), it's a 220 line.  If you push in a switch, the box becomes a switch.  In the future, we would like to have appliances like lights, fans, heaters, radios, etc. adapted with prongs to plug into the female component of the receptacle. Simply unplug the male portion of the receptacle and push in an appliance.   This would eliminate electrical cords hanging down.

     Today, all lines are connected in the electrical panel for the rough electrical inspection.  The other ENDS of these lines are usually sticking out of the enclosures.  These new receptacle models allow electricians to attach these wires to the HUB of the receptacle WITHOUT making LINE-TO-LINE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS (so that the lines are dead ended inside the hub or female piece).

      Additional features include easy trouble-shooting capabilities, due to the simple method of isolating the lines. Receptacles  can be changed without moving any wires, and only  receptacles with the CORRECT amperage will work.  There is NO NEED to SEPARATE any wires to add or remove a line,or to shut the power OFF to change a receptacle.

     Attaching all the wires, in the roughing process, eliminates the need to figure out which lines need to be connected to what wires, at a later date. This can be a problem, especially if the walls have been sheet rocked.  Since, the receptacles and switches do not block the view of the wires, you can install them in the roughing process, or at a later date.  If you do not want to install the receptacles in the roughing process, but you want to make sure everything is hooked up correctly, (which you CANNOT do today) you will be able to do so. The receptacle can be plugged in, tested,and unplugged.   Additionally, if the  receptacles are installed starting from the panel, one at a time with the POWER ON, problems and their sources can be easily identified.

     We also will have small fittings available for ceiling light and fan installers.  Installers will be able to attach these fittings to the light and fan wires. They will now be able to climb a ladder, with the appliance in hand, PLUG-IN the electrical fitting,  then hang the fixtures
See LIGHT AND FAN Page.

Additionally, since only one "HUB" (the female portion) is needed PER ENCLOSURE,  a single RECEPTACLE CARD, containing a FOUR GANG RECEPTACLE UNIT , can be connected to the one HUB, making a four receptacle installation, a breeze.