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Default Fixing stripped plastic electrical boxes

Many of us have had to deal with plastic electrical boxes with
stripped or broken device mounting holes. Sometimes people use a
drywall screw, which works if the hole is just stripped, but may crack
the mount. (and it seems like a hack)

I found these clips which are a quick and elegant solution:

http://www.g-clip.us/index.html

I've ordered some; will see how well they work, but I'll bet they do
the job.

No relation to the co., just passing along a potentially useful
link...


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Default Fixing stripped plastic electrical boxes

On Oct 4, 8:37*pm, Paul Franklin
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Many of us have had to deal with plastic electrical boxes with
stripped or broken device mounting holes. Sometimes people use a
drywall screw, which works if the hole is just stripped, but may crack
the mount. (and it seems like a hack)

I found these clips which are a quick and elegant solution:

http://www.g-clip.us/index.html

I've ordered some; will see how well they work, but I'll bet they do
the job.

No relation to the co., just passing along a potentially useful
link...

Paul F.


Or you could just use coarse threaded sheet metal
screws of the appropriate size...
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