[bp4191]

On my electrical box for the ceiling light fixture it has two screw holes (8-32) to hang the weight of the fixture. The electrical box seems like a type of hard plastic but the screw holes are metal threads. It seems like a very old box. One of the holes is stripped. Would tapping it with a 10-32 tap (using tap wrench) do the trick?

 

[oh'mike]

Sure, if the metal insert is large enough to drill and tap for a #10 screw==

 

[Windows on Wash]

+1

Re-tap and size up or sometimes a small self taping (machine thread) screw will work.