Are you aware of this problem I have noticed? I do electrical installations for Habitat for Humanity (12 houses so far).
The ceiling lighting fixtures manufactured "off shore" are coming in with undersize mounting screws! They look like #8-32 but are not. The octagon boxes I know are tapped for #8-32 fixture mounting screws (steel or PVC). These screws are about 0.159" in dia. The ones coming with the fixtures are about 0.147" or about 1/64" under size.
They are very loose in the steel boxes and can strip easily, and will strip out with little effort in the PVC boxes.
I have no idea who should be looking into this. Do you? I am sure you know some people in the light fixture business. The bad screws are about 3.5 mm if you like metric.
The ceiling lighting fixtures manufactured "off shore" are coming in with undersize mounting screws! They look like #8-32 but are not. The octagon boxes I know are tapped for #8-32 fixture mounting screws (steel or PVC). These screws are about 0.159" in dia. The ones coming with the fixtures are about 0.147" or about 1/64" under size.
They are very loose in the steel boxes and can strip easily, and will strip out with little effort in the PVC boxes.
I have no idea who should be looking into this. Do you? I am sure you know some people in the light fixture business. The bad screws are about 3.5 mm if you like metric.