Is there a reason why all conventional domestic electrical wiring fittings use exclusively slotted screw heads, rather than the much more practical Phillips or Pozidrive heads? Don't tell me that electricians can only carry one screwdriver?
Which allows you to nip them to length using the hole in your side cutters, as I tried to explain to a bloke who said he needed new screws in his fittings, because they were too long.
With all due respects, my view is the exact opposite to yours! Slotted screws are all easy to deal with. Get to the awkward inner recesses of a cupboard, roof space or an elevated light fitting only to find find oddball screw heads......b****cks! Are they Phillips, Pozidriv or Torx? It sometimes even needs a torch to identify what's lurking in there. The correct driver is vitally important. Now we need a full suite of four different driver sets for no good reason. Rant over!
Then you find the cover of the electric heater is fixed on with security screws with a dimple in the middle, so you need a security screwdriver set!
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With all due respects, my view is the exact opposite to yours! Slotted screws are all easy to deal with. Get to the awkward inner recesses of a cupboard, roof space or an elevated light fitting only to find find oddball screw heads......b****cks! Are they Phillips, Pozidriv or Torx? It sometimes even needs a torch to identify what's lurking in there. The correct driver is vitally important. Now we need a full suite of four different driver sets for no good reason. Rant over!
These other screw heads were designed for easy alignment, and keeping engaged in the screw head whilst turning the driver & juggling wires & fitting. A badly fitting slotted driver will chew up the head as fast as the wrong Pozi driver.
A major improvement would be one wire per hole, instead of trying to catch 5 earth tails in one piddling little terminal.
