Abstract: A modular junction box receptacle includes parallel high and low voltage circuitry portions separated by a barrier. A base housing of the receptacle receives a termination block that includes high and low voltage connections to respective high and low voltage portions of the base housing. A housing cover is installed over the base housing and termination block; the cover has an opening for passage thereinto of a face portion of the block. The receptacle accommodates a plug and play unit containing smart circuitry, the unit including high and low voltage circuitry connections for respective high and low voltage portions of the termination block. The unit can act as a variety of interchangeable devices in a smart system that incorporates pluralities of receptacles, including electrical outlets and simple electrical toggle switches, each containing low voltage connections. A plurality of such units may be incorporated in, for example, a household circuitry system.

Abstract: A wiring system for providing electrical service to a structure allows all electrical service ports to be wired in series. The electrical service ports consist of a junction box in electrical communication with a receptacle. The functionality of the receptacle is determined solely by a processor, which is preconfigured (i.e., preset or preprogrammed) to determine the functionality of that specific electric receptacle. Thus any receptacle, in electrical communication with any junction box in the wiring system, where the junction boxes are wired in series, could be a switch, a switched outlet, a switched light or the like without the necessity of wiring a particular junction box in a manner to provide that receptacle's functionality.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved electrical junction box wherein the electrical wires from a building's electrical system are terminated by connection to a set of terminal strips and lugs in a secure area of the junction box housing rather than directly on an electrical receptacle device that is mounted on and connected to the junction box housing. In accordance with the instant invention, an improved electrical junction box provides at least one set of plug-and-play electrical terminals into which electrical receptacle devices plug directly, without any need for additional hard wiring, stripping, pig tailing, or the like. In a preferred embodiment of the instant invention, all electrical wires terminate in a secure, non-confined area of the junction box, thereby reducing the hazard of electrical shock as well as the risk of electrical fire.