Thread: подрозетник in English

How do you call these things in English:

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It's a thing where you put an electric socket. In a wall, it looks like this:
http://www.elektrodom.ru/img/albums/pic1231925957.JPG
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3412/sup ... _e39bcb6_M

It's strange enough, but I haven't find any translation in any language; only for English Lingvo offered, "Manchester plate"... but I can't believe you really call it like that. In Russian, we call it "подрозетник".

Понятия не имею, никогда не видал.

According to this:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7074078.html



Part 21 is called 'wall box'

So it would be 'a wall box for an electric socket assembly'.

Originally Posted by Оля

How do you call these things in English:
It's a thing where you put an electric socket.
It's strange enough, but I haven't find any translation in any language; only for English Lingvo offered, "Manchester plate"... but I can't believe you really call it like that. In Russian, we call it "подрозетник".

In the United States this thing is called an "outlet box":

outlet box - a housing used to mount an electrical system or make electrical connections. The box itself is often metallic and rectangular in shape, but can be made in other shapes and of nonmetallic materials.

Frane, James T., Craftsman's Illustrated Dictionary of Construction Terms 229 (1994) http://tinyurl.com/yefcm2x
Here are some examples with photos: http://www.homeandbeyond.com/outlet-boxes---covers.html

In the UK I think it is called a "socket box":

Fitting and fixing socket boxes into plasterboard is a really simple operation. . . . Hold the socket box in position and mark round it with a pencil.

SOCKETS INTO PLASTERBOARDS PROJECT (includes photos) http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/so ... rboard.htm
Here are some examples with photos: http://www.neweysonline.co.uk/socket+bo ... ch.raction

A "Manchester plate" is another thing-it is a type of storage battery: http://www.answers.com/topic/manchester-plate
See what it looks like in figure 64 on page 153 of this book: http://tinyurl.com/yjn2hgk

Thanks.