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In an office environment using movable wall panels, electrical junction assemblies including conduits of adjustable length are disposed in raceways near the lower edge of the panels. One embodiment of an adjustable length electrical junction assembly comprises a telescoping conduit to accommodate wa

In an office environment using movable wall panels, electrical junction assemblies including conduits of adjustable length are disposed in raceways near the lower edge of the panels. One embodiment of an adjustable length electrical junction assembly comprises a telescoping conduit to accommodate wall panels of different dimensions and to facilitate the placement of electrical outlets at appropriate locations. One type of telescoping conduit comprises two overlapping conduit sections of generally rectangular cross section and forming an inner spatial area for retaining excess wiring in a safe position. Another type of telescoping conduit comprises a conduit section of generally rectangular cross section and a generally flat multi-wire cable extending into the rectangular cross section conduit section to allow for lengthwise adjustability of the assembly. In another embodiment, an extendable flexible conduit is connected to a rigid connector assembly provided with an inner spatial area to accommodate excess wiring to allow wiring to move into and out of the connector assembly by extension and retraction of the extendable flexible conduit. The connector assembly is arranged to provide an electrical power outlet at an appropriate location.

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An adjustable electrical junction assembly for use in distributing electrical power in interior wall panels, comprising: first and second elongated conduit members, each having one end slidably engaged in a telescoping manner with an end of the other member and adjustable in an axial direction to pr

An adjustable electrical junction assembly for use in distributing electrical power in interior wall panels, comprising: first and second elongated conduit members, each having one end slidably engaged in a telescoping manner with an end of the other member and adjustable in an axial direction to provide a telescoping conduit of variable length from a fully collapsed to a fully extended position, said conduit members having correspondingly-shaped rectangular cross sections wherein the walls of said telescoping conduit members form an inner spatial area dimensioned to accommodate excess length electrical wire conductors therein in an overlapping manner; said first conduit member having an electrical connector block attached thereto at one end of said first conduit member opposite said one end engaging said second conduit member, said connector block comprising electrical terminals for connection to electrical wire conductors disposed internal to said telescoping conduit members and electrical wire conductors disposed external to said telescoping conduit members; and an electrical cable rigidly attached to said second conduit member at said one end of said second conduit member opposite said one end engaging said first conduits member and at least one electrical wire conductor disposed within said cable, said wire conductor extending inwardly into said inner spatial area and extending outwardly from said spatial area to said connector block attached to said first conduit member for connection to at least one terminal of said connector block; said electrical conductor wire comprising a section of wire retained within said inner spatial area, said section of wire comprising wire of sufficient length to allow movement of said telescoping conduit between a fully extended and a fully collapsed position.