Housing for switched electrical receptacle or the like

A housing for containing electrical apparatus and for accommodating connection of said apparatus to electrical conductors passing from outside to inside the housing comprising the combination of

• an enclosure made of an electrically non-conductive material, said enclosure having
• one wall having a connection opening therethrough dimensioned to be attached to means for containing electrical conductors,
• a plurality of substantially un-perforated walls including side and back walls, and
• means including edges of said walls defining an open side opposite said back wall;
• a frame dimensioned to be received in said enclosure, said frame being made of an electrically conductive material and having
• a central portion, and
• substantially identical top and bottom end members, each said end member having an opening therethrough dimensioned to be attached to said means for containing electrical conductors;
• means for mounting said enclosure on a support surface with said back wall adjacent said surface and with said wall having said connection opening through said wall thereof being selectively oriented either at the top or at the bottom of said enclosure;
• and
• means for fixedly mounting said frame in said enclosure with one of said top and bottom end members adjacent to and aligned with said connection opening, whereby said enclosure is mountable in different positions for different cable connections with said frame in a single orientation and without making additional openings through said enclosure walls.