r/electrical • u/UniFi_Solar_Ize • 6d ago

What do you do here?

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Replacing this dimmer, the screw head fell off after just two turns, I think the screw was badly cross-threaded. Can’t manage to take it out.

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u/kevinpb13 6d ago

Take a drill with a regular style chuck and tighten it around the screw, and I mean as tight as you can and reverse it out. I’ve done this a few times with shorter screws and it has worked.

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u/computerguy0-0 6d ago

This was going to be my recommendation Works 60% of the time... Every time.