Metallics SP279P Screws 6-32 x 1 OV PH Wall Plt Scr Wh (100 pcs)

6-32 is the standard machine thread for wall plate and device mounting screws in the US, so the Metallics SP279P threads into the tapped 6-32 holes on standard receptacle and switch yokes and device box ears. The thread size is 6-32 and the length is 1 inch.

At 1 inch, the SP279P is a long wall plate screw, meant for situations where the device sits recessed, where a spacer or extension ring is in play, or where the plate stacks over thick trim or tile. For a device mounted flush in the box, a shorter 6-32 plate screw seats better; the extra length here will bottom out or stand proud unless there is depth to take it up.

Oval head with a Phillips recess. The oval head sits partly proud of the plate rather than sinking fully flush, which is the usual look on steel and plastic wall plates with countersunk holes. Drive them with a Phillips bit, hand driver preferred so the painted head does not get chewed.

Yes, the SP279P is a white screw, so the head blends into white and off-white device plates instead of showing as bare metal. If the plates on the job are ivory, almond, black, or stainless, this is the wrong color screw for the finished look.

That is the main use for a 1 inch 6-32 screw. Where a plaster ring, extension ring, or mud ring sets the device back from the plate, standard short plate screws no longer reach; the 1 inch length picks up those extra threads. Thread size stays 6-32, the same as the ring and device tapping.

It is a machine screw. 6-32 is a machine thread, so it needs a tapped hole, the threaded ears on a device yoke, a plaster ring, or a nut. It will not cut its own thread in drywall, wood, or sheet metal, so don't substitute it for a sheet metal or drywall screw.

Each pack holds 100 pieces. That covers 50 duplex plates at two screws each, or 100 single-screw plates, which is a sensible bulk quantity for an electrician's truck stock or a property maintenance shop doing repeated plate swaps across units.