Upon talking with colleagues and other people in the industry, it was noted that this was a widespread problem that domestic and electrician face regularly. The green band doesn't hold the new nut firmly enough and is easily damaged by repeated attempts to get the screw into the new nut. Thanks to the Back Box Saver, one installed on each of the two back box lugs, allows the faceplate to be raised, lowered or tilted by plus or minus 5mm.

PE Editor, Richard Bowler said: “Our annual awards are a great way to reward those companies that have come up with excellent ideas to help electrical installers and businesses overcome common problems in their everyday work, or to open up new profit streams.Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Toolstation Ltd, acts as a broker and offers finance from a restricted range of finance providers, PayPal Credit is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH. It allows a standard switch or socket to fit into its electrical back box when the threads on the back box have become damaged, whilst providing the additional facility to raise or lower or tilt the faceplate, as required. BBS1 is intended to eliminate the need to replace electrical boxes which have become damaged due to the stripping of the metal fittings.

This section has hundreds of instructional videos showing how to do the easiest of DIY related jobs right up to a full bathroom refurbishment. We only selected brands that matter to ‘sparks’ and ourselves, as hands on electricians, we love the concept of Back Box Repair Clip and the time, labour and cost saving solution it provides. Both can be embedded into the wall or mounted on top, concealing wiring for improved safety and a wire-free space. Once they were happy that the product was sufficiently refined to do the job perfectly, they approached several U. A pair of Back Box Savers for faceplate raise, tilt or lower saves the installer the time and trouble of replacing the back box.The awards are recognition for those manufacturers and suppliers that have made a real difference to the electrical contractor’s ability to get the job done efficiently, safely, and professionally, whether this is in the form of innovative products, tools or time-saving solutions. Back Box Saver allows the back box still to be used, by overlaying a reinforced nut onto the stripped lug to provide a secure fixing for the screw to engage. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. A badly installed electrical back box can result in a socket faceplate that is too high, too low or sloping.

If you cannot find the information that you require please leave a post in the DIY Forum as one of the many Forum members may be able to help. Stop refining when you reach a point where you’re satisfied that the vast majority of users’ needs will be perfectly met. As every installation is different, it's important to choose the correct type of backbox to suit the requirements of the job, which can depend on the desired location as well as the depth of the device being installed.

Until now the only proper solution was to suffer the time and expense of re-installing the back box. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). Saved me the mess and trouble of entirely replacing a switch's back box in our newly decorated kitchen - I'd over-tightened one screw like an idiot (on a switch with a crowded box - a 2-way dimmer). the only area you can put these on, is the flat edge of the nut, where it would contact the back of the original lug.

Sorry Bazza - I spend too much time around sarcastic people to have taken your first comment purely at face-value! In the end I used blu-tack to create enough grip to hold the new nut in place behind the lug, and then made a big blu-tac plug to hold everything in place when I put the switch plate back. Once you have IP protection for the idea, try it out with as many potential users as you can, in as many varied applications as you can. When developing the overall concept, the design had to require no special tools, be safe and easy to use.Don't forget - you might need to strip the existing thread (in the backbox) before you use this, otherwise it probably won't work. The threads in the lugs securing the socket or switch to the back box can strip, meaning the socket cannot be firmly fitted.