You need to put a switch or receptacle on a surface in a basement, garage, pole barn, or exterior wall where running wire inside the wall isn't an option. Standard boxes are for flush work — a handy box gives you the surface-mount solution without a special order. 1-gang surface-mount handy box with all knockouts in the right places for conduit connections. NRTL listed for safety. Steel construction handles the abuse of a garage or shop environment better than PVC. Accepts standard devices with no adapter needed. Pre-punched mounting holes on all four sides for flexible positioning on any surface. Standard in the tool bags of electricians and farm equipment operators across northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa — the handy box that covers the surface-mount job when you can't fish a wall. I Stocked at Crofton Lumber and Akron Lumber.