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Electrical Wall Plates
Electrical Wall Plate Covers Protect Home
Occupants and Add a Decorative Flair to a Room
By Mark J. Donovan
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Electrical wall plates serve one main
purpose and that is to provide safety to the home’s occupants. Electrical wall
plate covers protect home occupants from becoming electrocuted. Electrical wall plates
are designed to cover various electrical boxes that house “live” or “powered”
wires that are used for controlling electrical switches and powering appliances
such as lights. Electrical wall plates prevent homeowners from inadvertently
sticking their hand or any other object into the electrical box.
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Standard
Electrical Wall Plates
Electrical wall plates are designed
to fit snuggly over electrical outlets and switches and to sit flush with
finished walls. Electrical wall covers come in all shapes and sizes, however
they are all designed to support attaching to standard electrical switches and
outlets. Electrical switch plate covers are available to support single, dual,
triple and even quad electrical switch boxes. Electrical outlet plate covers are
available to support dual and quad electrical outlet boxes.
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Figure by Mark Donovan |
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In addition, there are a myriad
of other electrical wall plate offerings to support different switch shapes, and
mixed switch/outlet combinations. There are even oversized electrical wall plate
covers for hiding slightly enlarged drywall holes.
Electrical Wall
Plates for Non Switch/Outlet Applications
Besides electrical wall plates for
switches and outlets there are also electrical wall plate covers for speaker
connections, phone jacks, cable, and dimmer controls.
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Decorative
Electrical Wall Plates
Electrical wall plates are also
designed as decorative accent pieces. For example, there are many colors to
choose from today beyond the conventional plastic almond and white electrical
wall plates. There are electrical wall plates available today that support
various room themes such as sports, country, and modern looks. For example, you
can find electrical wall plates today that artistically shaped and painted to
look like fish, birds and other animals.
Besides plastic, electrical wall plate covers are also available in wood, metal
and ceramic materials.
Electrical wall plate covers vary dramatically in price from less than a dollar
to more than ten dollars each, depending upon the size, style and material
constructed out of. You can find standard and some not-so-standard electrical
wall plates at home improvement centers. For theme based electrical wall plates
you may have better luck finding them at furniture or knickknack stores.
So before settling on standard plastic almond or white electrical wall plates,
shop around a bit and add some character to your electrical boxes and room décor
by going with some decorative electrical wall plates.
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