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100mm back box screws


PeterW

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Pretty sure electrical screws are 3.5mm.

 

If you get stuck these are 50p each. Collection from store, shipping to me would be £9 ! 

https://www.ccmsupplies.co.uk/m35-x-100mm-socket-screw.html

 

You can also get "3.5mm Socket Screw Extension studs"

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p79641

 

 

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The extension studs are easier to use, as you don't have to go poking around trying to line a long screw up with the thread (often an exercise in extreme frustration, in my experience).  At least with the extension studs you can get a sideways glimpse as to where the threaded hole is you're aiming for.  We used a few 50mm long screws in the new house, all for the multifunction media plate, which for some reason has a big, segmented, back box with the threaded holes set deeper than normal, plus there are something like 6 or 8 screws.  The thing is a nightmare to get the screws lined up, even with 50mm long screws, as they wander all over the place and there are so many cables attached to the front plate that it's not at all easy to get it to fit neatly, or see from the side whether or not the screws are in roughly the right place to hit the threaded hole.  I wish I'd seen these extension screws earlier - I bought some a few weeks ago after someone ( @Onoff?) suggested using them in another thread.  They do make life a damned site easier, and allow the use of short (25mm?) screws, that are a heck of a lot easier to use.

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