Quick-connect electrical junction boxes and methods

A wiring system, comprising:

• a) a quick-connect electrical junction box including
• i) a front cover including
• a front face of the front cover including a number of sockets, and
• a back face of the front cover including a number of clamp tunnels corresponding to the number of sockets;
• ii) a bus module including
• a front face of the bus module including a bus assembly fixed to the bus-module front face,
• wherein the bus assembly includes a number of clamps correspondingly disposed in the number clamp tunnels of the front cover forming the number sockets in the front face, and
• a back face of the bus module including a number of bus assembly-connected wire lugs fixed to the bus-module back face configured for wiring the quick-connect electrical junction box to a circuit breaker or another quick-connect electrical junction box;
• and
• iii) a back cover,
• wherein the front cover, the bus module, and the back cover are configured to fit together and form the quick-connect electrical junction box;
• and
• b) one or more electrical accessory modules,
• wherein the number of sockets of the quick-connect electrical junction box are configured to accept up to an equal number of prongs of the one or more electrical accessory modules.

A method, comprising:

• stamping a nascent bus assembly for a quick-connect electrical junction box from a sheet of a conductor;
• bending end portions of the nascent bus assembly to form a bus assembly with a number of clamps;
• molding a front cover of the quick-connect electrical junction box including
• a front face of the front cover including a number of sockets configured to accept up to an equal number of prongs of one or more electrical accessory modules, and
• a back face of the front cover including a number of clamp tunnels corresponding to the number of sockets of the bus assembly;
• molding a bus module of the quick-connect electrical junction box including a front face and a back face of the bus module;
• molding a back cover of the quick-connect electrical junction box;
• fixing a number of wire lugs to the bus-module back face,
• wherein the wire lugs are configured for wiring the quick-connect electrical junction box to a circuit breaker or another quick-connect electrical junction box;
• and
• fitting together the front cover, the bus module, and the back cover to form the quick-connect electrical junction box,
• wherein the number of clamps of the bus assembly are correspondingly disposed in the number clamp tunnels of the front cover by fitting together the front cover, the bus module, and the back cover, thereby forming the number sockets in the front face, and
• wherein the number of clamp tunnels of the front cover are configured to restrain the number of clamps from opening too widely and prevent damage to the number of clamps.