Opening a Telewest box

[Jim]

Hi guys

I need to open a Telewest box to disconnect a cable. It's one of the small boxes on the inside of the house where you would connect the TV to if you had the service. Problem is, it has a unusual screw head and I don't know where I can get a suitable screwdriver.

The screw looks like a Torx fixing but instead of the driver fitting in a whole in the head of the screw with the driving splines facing outwards the driver would need to be hollow and fit over the fixing with the splines facing inwards. Hard to describe and visualise I know but any ideas what this type of fixing might be called so I can do a search. (I will try and get a picture up later when the camera batteries have rtecharged !)

Thanks

Jim

[Stuart Noble]

Sounds like the thing I encountered on an American office fitting. By a complete fluke I had the bit in a set I bought from the Pound Shop or somewhere and had never opened

[Geo]

For the DIY method:

[jkn]

[jkn]

Hi Jim I used some of these a little while ago. You can get both the screws and 'screwdriver' from RS.

I can't remember what they're called, and couldn't find them in a cursory search. Try looking there anyway.

Regards Jon N

[jkn]

Ah yes, System Zero. So eg. this RS part number, depending on the screw size...

444-7908

J^n

[Rob Summers]

They're found under the term "Security Bit Sets" or "Tamper proof Bits".

Rob

[Richard Tobin]

When I wanted to do this, it turned out that the screw was loose enough that just pressing on it hard and turning was enough to undo it.

-- Richard

[Jim]

Thanks to all that responded

It turns out that System Zero screws are also used in Nintendo games consoles and I've managed to find 3.5mm and 4.5mm bits on Ebay (In the USA but still only £6 for the 2 bits against the £20+ RS would have wanted !). If others ever need these do a search for 'Game bits'

Cheers

Jim

[dennis]

Probably in here

[gymratz]

I just used a pair of long nose pliers and replaced the screws with ordinairy crosshead jobbies.