Wires-holding strap for building electrical panel, apparatus and method

A panel-strap for securing electrical wires near an electrical junction box in a building, comprising:

• an elongate base with top, bottom, front and back base surfaces, and two side ends, the base having also two tabular connectors, one connector being on each side end of the base;
• the connectors both extending out away from the base's front surface;
• the connectors both having a region for receiving a fastener generally parallel to the base's front surface, for securing the connectors and the panel-strap to studs in a wall in the building;
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• the base also having a plurality of prongs with proximal ends and distal ends extending out away from the base's front surface, there being spaces between the distal ends of said prongs for receiving and securing electrical wires in spaces between said prongs.

A panel-strap for securing electrical wires near an electrical junction box in a building, comprising:

• an elongate base with top, bottom, front and back base surfaces, and two side ends, the base also having a plurality of spacer-connectors cooperating with said back base surface;
• the spacer-connectors extending out away from the base's back surface;
• each spacer-connector having a region for receiving a fastener generally perpendicular to the base's back surface for securing the panel-strap to a wall of the building, and each spacer-connector having a length generally parallel to said fastener, so that, when the panel-strap is installed, there is a gap between the facing wall surface and the panel-strap back wall surface, the width of the gap being sufficient to permit the passage there-through of an electrician's conventional fish stick for dragging an electrical line into proximity of the panel-strap;
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• the base also having a plurality of clamps, clips, prongs or through-holes on the base's front surface for receiving and securing electrical wires to the panel-strap.