Interesting Find

[Smjh1979]

I found this on the Merriam-Webster website that shows a picture of a crossing signal (A canadian signal, but it still works), and labels what parts of the signal are the official terms of that part.



The source is from here: http://visual.merriam-webster.com/trans ... ossing.php

I can understand the name "Junction Box", but it doesn't list what comes off of it. I've heard people calling them "spiders", but I never heard a correct term for those things.

Looks like I may have to change my "brackets" term a bit.

[AndyWS]

"Junction box" I would guess refers to what is inside of it, where all the wires from the different lightheads come together and are connected to the power supply & flasher control.



It that sense it functions like any other electrical wiring junction box, but it's also a bracket since all the arms for holding the lightheads are bolted to it.

[Smjh1979]

WCH calls those "crossarms" and "Junction boxes".

They also call those pieces that attach to the junction boxes and lights "brackets".

[owensri]

If you are talking about the junction box in the middle of the lights...that would be referred to as a "Crossarm Junction Box"...because if you just say "junction box"....it could mean the base as well...because those are also called "junction boxes". When referring to the base...you would call it a "junction box base".

I hate when people call them "spiders" or "trees"....it's a "crossarm assembly"