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Posted by John Grabowski on November 26, 2006, 11:38 am
> Typically it would be 8/32, but this stuff made in China seems to use
screw
> sizes that are not quite, but I don't believe they are metric either. It
may
> be easier to buy a tri-tap and rethread the bracket to 8/32
I concur. Some of the screws that have been coming with the fixtures look
like 8/32 but the threads don't screw in easily into a 8/32 tapped hole.
Try retapping with an 8/32 tap.
>
> > The screws that hold on the "jar" on those common outdoor light
> > fixtures that go next to a door. Anyone know what the thread is on
> > them? I just picked up a "jar" for an existing fixture and realized
> > the screws are missing. A #6 is too loose, a #8 wont thread in. They
> > must be metric.....
> >
> > I should have just changed the whole fixture, but since I am this far
> > into it, I guess I will have to buy the dang screws. Why do they
> > always got to make everything so frikkin difficult..... I know I am
> > not the first person to lose the screws. I dont care if they are the
> > fancy brass ones, just something that fits and keeps the jar in place.
> >
> > Mark
>
>
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