Metallics SP179P Screws 6-32 x 1/2 OV PH Wall Plt Scr (100 pcs)

The SP179P is a 6-32 x 1/2 inch oval head Phillips wall plate screw. 6-32 is the standard machine thread used on switch and receptacle yokes in North American wiring devices, so it threads into the mounting holes on standard toggle switches and duplex receptacles. Sold 100 pieces to the pack.

A 1/2 inch 6-32 screw is the standard replacement length for a flush-mounted device sitting at the box ring, and that is what the SP179P gives you. If the device is recessed deep in the box, or you're going through a thick plate or an added extension ring, you'll run out of thread and need a longer 6-32 screw instead.

That's the point of the pack. The SP179P comes 100 screws to the box in one size, 6-32 x 1/2, so a property manager or MRO buyer restocking a cart for switch and outlet plate swaps across a building can standardize on a single screw rather than scavenging the originals. Note it is the screw only, no plates or devices included.

Yes, as long as the plate uses standard 6-32 device screws, which gang plates for toggle switches and receptacles do. Each opening in a multi-gang plate is held by the same 6-32 thread into the device yoke, so you just need more of them. One SP179P pack covers 100 screw positions. Decorator screwless plates with a snap-on faceplate don't use these at all.

An oval head seats in the countersunk hole of a wall plate and leaves a low, rounded crown sitting slightly proud of the plate face, which is the normal look for a standard plastic or metal device cover. The SP179P uses that oval head with a Phillips drive, so it installs with a #1 or #2 Phillips and won't cam out the way a slotted screw can on repeat service work.

Order Metallics part SP179P. That designation covers the 6-32 x 1/2 inch oval head Phillips wall plate screw in a 100 piece pack, and it's the number to quote to avoid getting the longer or flat-head versions of the same thread.