Metallics SP182 Screws 6-32 X 1/2 Ov Sl Wall Plt St-zn (Clam 100)

No. The SP182 is not Buy American compliant and is not ARRA compliant, with country of origin listed as multiple. If you are on a federally funded job with domestic sourcing requirements, these will not satisfy it.

Brown painted heads. The screw body is zinc plated steel, and the head is finished brown so it blends with brown or ivory-dark devices and plates. If your plates are white or almond, these heads will stand out.

Slotted drive, so a flat blade screwdriver. No Phillips or combo recess on these, which matters if your crew is running everything off a Phillips bit in a drill.

At 1/2 inch, the SP182 covers the normal case where the device strap sits flush or near flush with the wall surface. If your box is recessed behind thick tile, paneling or a mud ring and the plate cannot reach the strap, you need a longer 6-32 screw instead. Metallics offers other sizes and quantities by request.

They ship 100 to a clamshell, a visual plastic hanging box, and the order minimum is one box of 100. Handy for a service van or a shop peg hook rather than loose bulk.

Oval head seats in the countersunk hole of a device plate the way a flat head does, but leaves a slightly domed crown above the plate face. That is the standard look for wall plate screws and it keeps the head from sitting proud on thin plates. The SP182 pairs that oval head with a brown painted top so it reads as part of the plate rather than bare metal.

The SP182 is built as a wall plate screw, but Metallics lists its field application across the electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning trades. Any place you need a short 6-32 machine screw with a finished oval head, it works.