LarryLeveen
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The receptacle mounting holes in a bakelite electrical box in my house are stripped. This is a different box than the one I recently posted about. Replacing the box is a pain in the butt so I'd like to avoid doing that:
https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/loose-electrical-box-conundrum.73410/
Web searches for this problem only yielded a suggestion to coat screw threads in silicone, shove epoxy into the mounting holes and then remount the receptacles. I guess the idea is to have the screw threads shape the epoxy without bonding TO it (hence the silicone).
Thoughts on that or suggestions for another solution without replacing the box? I dunno how well bakelite would hold up to a drill-out and retap for a #8 screw. Thanks.
https://terrylove.com/forums/index.php?threads/loose-electrical-box-conundrum.73410/
Web searches for this problem only yielded a suggestion to coat screw threads in silicone, shove epoxy into the mounting holes and then remount the receptacles. I guess the idea is to have the screw threads shape the epoxy without bonding TO it (hence the silicone).
Thoughts on that or suggestions for another solution without replacing the box? I dunno how well bakelite would hold up to a drill-out and retap for a #8 screw. Thanks.