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Factory device screws get used not the Chinese screws furnished w/ lighting fixtures,they get tossed & proper fasteners get used.
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Factory device screws get used not the Chinese screws furnished w/ lighting fixtures,they get tossed & proper fasteners get used. So does the POS wirenuts
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It should be noted there are two flavors of drywall screw. The "metal" fine thread screw seems to do a fair job in a plastic box but the course thread "wood" screw should only be used as a last resort when the box is stripped. Like Ed says, they might just break the box. A lot of that depends on how old the box is and how long it sat out in the sun. They start out fairly malleable but they can get brittle as glass. I found a gray "old work" box in my wife's golf cart that broke when I squeezed it. I am not sure how long it was bouncing around in the basket in the sun tho.
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A 6/32 Heli-Coil insert used in a plastic box w/ stripped threads works great,it sure beats those %#$@*&! drywall screws & one gets to use a standard screw on the device.
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