Patent ID: 7367121

Claim:
An electrical wiring method comprising the steps of: mounting an electrical box having an open front face on a wall stud; installing a wiring panel within said electrical box so as to partition the interior of said electrical box into a user inaccessible wiring compartment proximate a back side of said wiring panel and a user accessible module compartment proximate a front side of said wiring panel, said back side of said wiring panel having one or more electrical connections with one or more electrical wires and attaching a protective cover to said wiring panel so as to protect said wiring panel during wall panel installation and painting, said protective cover preventing access to said electrical wires connecting to said back side of said wiring panel, wherein said user accessible module compartment is adapted to accept a module having a user operable electrical function, and wherein said module is mountable to said front side of said wiring panel.