Metallics SP280P Screws 6-32 x 1 OV PH Wall Plt Scr Iv (100 pcs)

The stock screw packed with a cover plate is typically around 1/2 inch, which runs out of thread when the device sits deep in the box, behind a thick plate, or behind added drywall, tile, or a mud ring. The 1 inch length on the SP280P picks up those extra depths so the plate can still be drawn tight to the wall. It is the same 6-32 thread, so nothing else about the device mounting changes.

The SP280P is an ivory screw, so it blends into ivory or almond-toned device plates. If your plates are white, light almond, brown, or gray, order the screw in that color instead, the head will stand out against a mismatched plate. For stainless or metal plates, use a metal-finish screw rather than a painted one.

Each pack is 100 screws, all 6-32 x 1 inch ivory oval head Phillips. That quantity suits a maintenance or MRO stock bin, where the long plate screw is the one that always runs short on a deep-box or re-drywalled opening, and it's enough to cover a full unit turn or a floor of device plates.

Oval head is the usual profile for device plate screws, it seats into the countersunk hole in the plate and leaves a low, rounded crown rather than sitting proud like a pan head. The Phillips drive on the SP280P takes a #1 or #2 Phillips bit. If your plate is drilled flat rather than countersunk, a pan or truss head would sit flatter against it.

Yes, the receptacle or switch mounting ears use the same 6-32 thread, and a 1 inch screw gives you room to shim a device forward in a recessed box. Note the head is ivory and oval, so it is made to be seen on a plate, under a plate it simply doesn't matter.