"MG" wrote in message
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Hi

What is with all these new fangled screw heads on modern electrical
appliances?? I know the Torx type, but I have a fan heater I want to
put a longer cable on and I can't ID the screw head to open it...

I mean for God's sake, we are not all idiots...!

What do I need to get and from where??

Cheers

MArk
**REMOVE** 'myhat' from my return email address before sending!!

I have a fan heater, and had the same problem. They are probably Torx types
with a central post. I used a Dremel with a cut-off disc to cut a flat-blade
screwdriver
to an appropriate width, then cut a central slot in the remaining bit of
blade. The
result was a screwdriver with two 'tines' It worked a treat at getting the
screws out.

Andy.