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G-Clip 10 Pack Repairs Broken Damaged or Stripped Plastic Electric Wall Boxes
No Fuss - No Muss - No Walls to Bust If your home's electrical system was installed post '1960' or has had alterations or additions, the likelihood is that "plastic" wall boxes were used in the electrical system. Often and for various reasons, the th...
Aside from replacing the gang box, this is probably the best solution I've seen so far.
The tunnels for the screws on a couple boxes were stripped or cracked and i could not find a proper solution to fix them
I recently had two stripped out electrical boxes and had no good solution for repairing them
Much easier solution to breaking sheet rock, replacing the box, patching and painting.
So I decided to do some research in slim hopes of finding anything that offered a better solution than ripping out the old boxes and replacing them with new
The cute thing here is that is has little teeth (yellow circle), that grabs the box
Like many of the other reviewers, these things were a life saver
I found these marvelous little G-clips about three years ago while I was changing every electrical outlet in my home and one of my plastic boxes 'screw holders' totally broke off when I was changing the outlet
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These clips sounded like the "magic fix" that I was hoping for.
These G clips were so easy to work with and solved a problem for which I thought an electrician would need to handle
The g-clip was pretty easy to install, just requiring a bit of patience and some pressure to force the clip into place.
After three weeks of inserting and removing plugs, the top clip has completely failed and popped off
I found these marvelous little G-clips about three years ago while I was changing every electrical outlet in my home and one of my plastic boxes 'screw holders' totally broke off when I was changing the outlet
While these may work for some electrical boxes they did not fit my box at all.
Some idiot had used a drywall screw to secure the outlet, breaking the plastic box.
What in the past took me 2+ hours of breaking out one old electrical box and putting in a new one while damaging drywall in the process now only took me 15 minutes to fix three broken electrical boxes and no damaged drywall.
Not to mention the cost, time and general PITA that replacing a whole electrical box just because the plastic failed you when you inserted the screw that holds the outlet inside the box
For loose or wobbly boxes, I used a pair of needle nose pliers to hold the box steady while I pushed the clip on
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No Fuss - No Muss - No Walls to Bust If your home's electrical system was installed post '1960' or has had alterations or additions, the likelihood is that "plastic" wall boxes were used in the electrical system
Often and for various reasons, the threads in these "plastic" boxes become damaged, broken or stripped and can no longer hold the switches or outlets securely
You may have damaged, broken or stripped "plastic" wall boxes if: The switch or outlet protrudes from the wall You can move the switch or outlet with your hand You must hold the outlet in the wall while unplugging a power cord Why Use the G-Clip? The G-Clip eliminates the need to replace a damaged, broken, or stripped plastic electrical outlet box
Simply pull the outlet or switch away from the damaged box
Install the G-Clip over the damaged hole
Then re-attach the outlet or switch to the box
Can be installed by most homeowners or electricians in minutes, instead of taking hours to replace a damaged box
Can be installed without doing any damage to the drywall
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