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OVX PC Receptacle 
Hey Mike,here's a top view showing the receptacle removed showing the 1 7/16" hole and the tapped screw holes,not sure how common a 1 7/16" hole saw is but a 1 3/8" may work.
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OVX PC Receptacle

Hey Mike,here's a top view showing the receptacle removed showing the 1 7/16" hole and the tapped screw holes,not sure how common a 1 7/16" hole saw is but a 1 3/8" may work.

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streetlight98   [Oct 25, 2015 at 02:43 AM]
Thanks for the pics! Ah so it seems that the housing is identical just with no holes drilled in mine. I was thinking the PC socket area was different. Yeah I don't know where I'd get a 1-7/16" hole borer from. The biggest I have is an inch. The retaining screw holes seem easy enough to drill. Tapping them would be the hard part (and lining them up!) Locating the retaining ring will be a little challenge. I got a PC socket off a Westinghouse OV-400 that was all busted up but the screws were stuck so I broke the retaining ring apart to get the PC socket itself out (at the time I just wanted the PC socket since I was going to replace the chipped one on my RMA and would have reused the existing retaining ring, but since the chipped PC socket still functions fine I decided to leave it and use this PC socket in my OVX!)
lite_lover   [Oct 25, 2015 at 04:28 AM]
No problem! You could use your 1 inch borer, or pick up a larger one,if you decide to try using your existing 1" borer, draw a 1 3/8" circle in the center of the blank PC area with a sharpie,then with a half-round file ream the hole out to the 1 3/8" circle as the aluminum is thin and soft. If you don't have a thread tap set then the easiest thing is to find a pair of #8 or #10 self tapping screws,drill the two holes slightly smaller than the screws and thread them into the housing. Unfortunate that the retaining screws were seized in the old Westy OV-400,it might have been possible to drill out the screw heads to rescue the ring.
joe_347V   [Oct 25, 2015 at 05:20 AM]
Hmm, I wonder if you could make your own makeshift retaining ring with a large enough washer. Just carefully drill the two screw holes.
streetlight98   [Oct 25, 2015 at 03:00 PM]
Thanks for the tips. Yeah the screws were really stuck in there. The ring was already brittle (I don't particularly like the plastic rings, the ones in the 60s used a large metal washer with a rubber grommet around it) so it snapped easily.
NiMo   [Oct 31, 2015 at 09:20 PM]
That is actually a Westinghouse designed P-cell receptacle.
streetlight98   [Nov 01, 2015 at 01:30 AM]
Yes my Westinghouse lights have the same PC socket. The only difference is that the Westinghouse ones have slip-on spade connectors and the Cooper ones have integral leads.

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