x5 Back Box Repair Clips Replace Damaged Threads or Lugs on Installed Electrical Metal Back Pattress Boxes

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A badly installed electrical back box can result in a socket faceplate that is too high, too low or sloping. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. I recently undertook an EICR at a property where I removed a socket front in the kitchen and, in doing so, discovered the threaded lug at the side of the metal back box had sheared off. Our goal is to provide one stop place for electricians and electrical contractors, but we are happy to help other clients too.

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Please let us know should you like to discuss anything and we’ll get you in touch with an electrician who can provide a professional advice!In doing so I unscrewed a double plug socket so could paint around the back of it for a good finish. We set our apprentices the task of lashing some wire to the clip and tied it to a heavy chair to see if it was able to take the load.

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By having this small, lightweight product in your toolbox, you can save the arduous and time-consuming task of ripping out the problem box, preventing the added expense of re-plastering, re-tiling and re-painting. If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag.Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. You can accept all cookies, reject all cookies that require your consent or manage your preferences.

x1 Back Box Repair Clip Replace Damaged Threads or Lugs on

Is this a metal back box that is buried in the wall and hence why it is going to be a nightmare to replace? Look at how the lug is held in place by 2 tabs that are formed from the box itself and just bent over. The current solution — replacing the back box just because of a stripped lug — is time-consuming and costly, especially if thewallisre-decorated.If it's not broken, you can sometimes get it back in and tap it in the right place on the tabs with a hammer and punch.

Back Box Saver | Fix a broken screw thread in metal back box

Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). I’ll admit to being slightly dubious about whether a clip of this size would be able to take any load. The threads in the lugs securing the socket or switch to the back box can strip, meaning the socket cannot be firmly fitted. A pair of Back Box Savers, installed on each of the two back box lugs, allow the faceplate to be raised, lowered or tilted by plus or minus 5mm.

This allows the clip to have the up and down motion, meaning that the face plate can be levelled if the clip isn’t positioned exactly in the centre of the box.