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Domestic wiring fittings, screw heads

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?
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  • OMS:

    You've never met an old fashioned public sector clerk of works have you ?


    Regards


    OMS




    I worked as a carpenter in a hospital X-ray Department that was being refitted and up dated.


    We fitted a sink and unit in the nurses station so they could make tea and coffee, when I say “we” I mean the thirty three people it took to do it. There was even three different plumbing contractors, one for the hot tap, a second one for the cold tap and a third contractor for the waste pipe. I started a “Who does what dispute” which was not hard in the 1970’s, all three plumbers said it was their job to secure the stainless steel sink top to the base unit, so I did it and they kicked off saying it should have been done by a plumber, but without any them actually saying  they would have done it.


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  • OMS:

    You've never met an old fashioned public sector clerk of works have you ?


    Regards


    OMS




    I worked as a carpenter in a hospital X-ray Department that was being refitted and up dated.


    We fitted a sink and unit in the nurses station so they could make tea and coffee, when I say “we” I mean the thirty three people it took to do it. There was even three different plumbing contractors, one for the hot tap, a second one for the cold tap and a third contractor for the waste pipe. I started a “Who does what dispute” which was not hard in the 1970’s, all three plumbers said it was their job to secure the stainless steel sink top to the base unit, so I did it and they kicked off saying it should have been done by a plumber, but without any them actually saying  they would have done it.


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