Once upon a time I went through classroom time and on the job training as a gas fitter. My impression is that the knowledge needed to qualify as an electrician is a good deal more extensive and complex than that. Washington State requires a generous number of hours of practical experience being supervised in work as a electrician or helper plus an exam for various kinds of licenses as an electrician. For example, there is a license available for residential electricians, and others requiring far greater training and experience. Personally, I'm retired and don't need to work any longer. However, there are lots of young people who might benefit from working their way into the electrical trades. Frankly, I've been VERY impressed over the years with the advice handed out on this board. It occurs to me that a budding electrician might be well served by studying the issues and advice handed out on this board and using it to improve their knowledge and skills. What advice or recommendations do people have for those who might be interested in becoming an electrician? Personally, I have the greatest respect for utility lineman, who pretty often are called out under VERY adverse circumstances to repair electrical systems damaged by storms that could have been damaged by a regiment of terrorists (or so it seems to me). These are some of the greatest of Working Class Heroes, in my opinion! I used to work for Puget Sound Energy (gas/electric utility in western Washington) and I believe that the local union provided much of the training for lineman.

I'd like to make a frameless closet so one wall be a sheet of 3/4" plywood. On that wall I;d like to mount a 3 gang outlet box. This means that the box will protrude into the closet 1.5". The question is... Are there any Connecticut electrical codes that prohibit a exposed backside of the box? Thanks for your help.