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Abstract

An electrical junction box for swimming pool light fixtures includes a base plate and a cover member. The base plate includes plural lower conduit bosses and sockets in an array for sealingly receiving polymeric electrical conduits. The sockets are configured to singularly provide all necessary support to the junction box as installed. A grounding and bonding member is carried by the base plate within the junction box, and is configured in coordination with the array of conduit sockets to assist in organizing electrical wiring within the junction box. A strain relief structure is arranged adjacent to each conduit socket to centralize or group the wires brought into the junction box, while the grounding and bonding member (and an external bonding wire connection feature as well) provides unprecedented convenience of termination for the centralized or grouped wire connections. Also, the junction box is arranged in either a circular or elongate configuration with multiple planes of real or virtual symmetry in plan view allowing an omnipositional use of the junction box with respect to adjacent external structures. As a result, conduit risers at construction sites may be merely bunched at the location where the junction box is to be installed, and the junction box is slipped onto these conduits and is sealingly bonded thereto.

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