desperate for help with a screw

J

John.

Hello,
Yesterday, I noted my ceiling light for the bathroom cames off the ceiling and dangling by wires.
Though a woman, I'm pretty good with a screwdriver. So i shoved up a couple of raw plugs and screwed the plate to ceiling.

I need help with a small screw. It was missing from the black wire holder. the lightgoes into a clip fitting socket suspend from ceiling. The small brass screw is a fraction smaller than the standard crews in 13amp electrical sockets that hold the wires - its about 1.2 mm head and a 0.8 or thereabout thread.

I will post a link to the type of light it is. Don't want to buy a breand new light and serached the net for a long time but no luck
Thanks
 
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could you upload a photo of fitting, the terminal containing the cables and screw? I guess it's grub screw that you are requiring, if you don't have any, it maybe worth buying a connection strip and swapping the existing one out.
 
hi
sorry, would nt have a clue and I on'y have an old mobile.

The white bulb holder is fitted to a approx 20mm wide bent clip that is flexible. the clip fits to the metal plate that fits to the ceiling. The wires go into the back of the bulb holder two of them andt the earth is fitted onto the metal clip. As i said the screw is fractionally smaller than those commonly found in 13 amp plugs ie the ones that hold the wires.
 
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Thank you, good idea that i never thought of.
will need to take a closer look tomorrow if light is adaptable and will by something like taht from screwfix/etc.
I will lookagain if anyone else comes up with where to get the screw.
 
pinch an unused screw from a lightswitch see if that fits? a free solution at least even if it doesn't work it's worth a go
 
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