Could someone please tell me what these are called/where to find them.

[flex_m]

I had to take a switch off the wall and when I came to replace it the screw will no longer bite, it appears the thread in yellow bit shown in the picture has warn down. If anyone could let me know what they are called so I can replace it I will be very thankful.
Cheers

 

[ferg]

No Idea.

If all else fails drill and tap the back box and use longer screws cut to suit.

 

[Marvo]

No idea what they're called, I doubt you'll find then for sale as a part on their own.

Find yourself a 5mm rawplug and trim it with sidecutters so it can be shoved in the oversized hole. If necessary sharpen the screw slightly to help it make a new thread. Bob will immediately be your uncle.

 

[yellowvanman]

Cannabilise another metal backbox by taking out the adjustable screwplate and tuck it behind the 2 lugs on your back box!

 

[telectrix]

plastic lugs. used in the 60's when there was no cpc on lighting circuits. just cut the box out and fit new box.

 

[flex_m]

Thanks for your prompt and helpful replies, this forum really is a friendly place!

 

[R G]

I have come across these a while back , they are imperial fittings and will take the slightly larger imperial screws , there should have been imperial screws already in use , if not get some , they are slightly larger diameter , not sure where you get them , I always save mine up when I remove old fittings,,

 

[Marvo]

I have come across these a while back , they are imperial fittings and will take the slightly larger imperial screws , there should have been imperial screws already in use , if not get some , they are slightly larger diameter , not sure where you get them , I always save mine up when I remove old fittings,,

You'll probably get imperial or whitworth screws from RS Components.

 

[Geordie Spark]

plastic lugs. used in the 60's when there was no cpc on lighting circuits. just cut the box out and fit new box.

Agreed.

But I've never seen yellow plastic bit before - just black ones.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Thanks for your prompt and helpful replies, this forum really is a friendly place!

You think so?? :angry_smile::85:

 

[flex_m]

I have come across these a while back , they are imperial fittings and will take the slightly larger imperial screws , there should have been imperial screws already in use , if not get some , they are slightly larger diameter , not sure where you get them , I always save mine up when I remove old fittings,,

DOUGH!! Several days and an eager labourers broom passed before I needed to refix it.
Lesson learnt!

 

[Geordie Spark]

I have come across these a while back , they are imperial fittings and will take the slightly larger imperial screws , there should have been imperial screws already in use , if not get some , they are slightly larger diameter , not sure where you get them , I always save mine up when I remove old fittings,,

3/16" Whitworth or 2 B.A. maybe? Both are close to 5mm.

 

[UNG]

What you need are some 4BA screws

 

[flex_m]

You think so?? :angry_smile::85:

I've found it to be so far, then again I'm not grumpy, old or bald. Even if all three are approaching me far faster than I would like.

 

[Silly Sausage]

You think so?? :angry_smile::85:

Yeah, course it is!
Mind you, my glass is always half full!

 

[Geordie Spark]

Yeah, course it is!
Mind you, my glass is always half full!

Well me, ye and Trev are alright Archie. It's all the rest of these argumentative buggers that's the problem.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Well me, ye and Trev are alright Archie. It's all the rest of these argumentative buggers that's the problem.

I think it's hilarious the way some of these guys get wound up!
Keep the heart surgeons in business I suppose.

 

[wr1ght]

buy a new backbox

 

[HappyHippyDad]

I had to take a switch off the wall and when I came to replace it the screw will no longer bite, it appears the thread in yellow bit shown in the picture has warn down. If anyone could let me know what they are called so I can replace it I will be very thankful.
Cheers
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I like the look of those... alot!

I cant believe they dont make them anymore. Would be far less time consuming than drilling the back of the box! I'm going to hunt for them and will post up if I find them!

 

[davesparks]

DOUGH!! Several days and an eager labourers broom passed before I needed to refix it.
Lesson learnt!

A what? I wasn't aware there was such a thing as an eager labourer!

 

[Resu]

A what? I wasn't aware there was such a thing as an eager labourer!

Never meant to thank that, just like lol

 

[Badged01]

But I've never seen yellow plastic bit before - just black ones.

That's because Tel was coming out of his apprenticeship and fitting these in the 50's whilst you were still running around the school yard in your shorts ..... :mellow:

 

[Geordie Spark]

That's because Tel was coming out of his apprenticeship and fitting these in the 50's whilst you were still running around the school yard in your shorts ..... :mellow:

When Tel came out of his apprenticeship lights, washing machines and domestic irons were all powered by gas.

When I was running around in my shorts the streets were lit by gas light and we kids would stand around the lamp at the end of the street waiting for it to come on. We were fascinated by the click, clunk and whooshing sound it made and then the sight of the mantle starting to glow - dim at first, but soon brightening up.

It was cheaper than going to the village picture hall where to have such excitement would have cost us sixpence. Each!

 

[Marvo]

......the streets were lit by gas light and we kids would stand around the lamp at the end of the street waiting for it to come on. We were fascinated by the click, clunk and whooshing sound it made and then the sight of the mantle starting to glow - dim at first, but soon brightening up.

My great grandfather was a lamp-lighter somewhere in Manchester.

 

[Geordie Spark]

My great grandfather was a lamp-lighter somewhere in Manchester.

Bloody hell .............. I thought he was a Zulu chief!

I remember the bloke coming around the streets every week to wind the clocks up in the lamps. He was an old bloke in an old threadbare flat cap and jacket & trousers - no Hi-Vis waterproof gear then - and he had a bike which carried him, an extension ladder, spare panes of glass (us kids were naughty & chucked stones at the lamps) a wash leather and polishing cloth and boxes of new mantles.

We used to follow him around on our bikes & watch him working and would pick-up the pieces of the broken mantles that he swapped out.

I still have a clock somewhere that he swapped out somewhere and gave me.

Today, we have electric street lighting and it takes a truck with a simon hoist and an squad of blokes all dressed like canaries just to change a light bulb / lamp!!!

Kids aren't interested in what they're doing and even if they were they would be chased away in the name of Health & Safety anyway.

And this is progress?????