The above is a Wylex DP 100A switch in a Wylex REC2S (S for slimline) enclosure. (I have seen them fitted in the "simpler" Wylex ESE2 2-module enclosure which only has a 2 screw cover and would require securing thru the horizontal hole like yours - the ESE2 is very similar to yours. The angle doesn't show it well in my first photo but there is enough room to expose the "hole" you used on yours to get a wire through - photo below shows this. Last ones I bought were just over £18.00 ea +VAT. They, (the REC2), do to me seem more "solid" than the ESE2. The Wylex one is just what I've always fitted and I don't think you can beat the tails entry detail. Shout if you want some wires & seals and I'll pop you a half dozen in the post. Cheers.Hi OnOff,
You are right, the 2.5mm seal looks like s**t and it doesn't "look the part". I didn't have a genuine seal when I made up the units and took the photo.
As I alluded to above, the genuine seal would look better. I will cadge a seal from one of my electricihttp://talk.electricianforum.co.uk/topic/22663-sbs-trade-sales/page-7#entry335375an customers and post a photo with the seal fitted.
However, you will see how neatly my switch sits in the box, whereas theirs sits too far into their box, leaving a gap all round and making the hole I use inaccessible.
My SISs are the Ford of Service Isolators, with prices to match, whereas theirs is supposedly the Rolls Royce. If your photo is a true representation of their finished product, then I would have expected better engineering design for the price tag.
SBS Dave
Horses for courses I suppose on the REC front. A fair few of the suppliers now fit the Wylex one on a meter change, British Gas for instance. They are "rugged" if I had to choose a word. It was me who offered the seals by the way - just put 10 in the post to you. Cheers.The Wylex is a nice piece of kit, as I have said on an earlier post. I even said I would buy a few at the £12.00 ish price being offered by RS Components. That is no longer the case, with prices substantially higher than this. It was never my intention to compete with Wylex REC on features.
I stock the small enclosures for other applications and I have a surplus stock of VOLEX switches, which are identical to the WYLEX one in the REC.
Screwfix currently sell the Wylex switch only for £7.19 + VAT. I assemble and sell my SIS-100-2 c/w box. for £7.00 + VAT, in an attempt to shift slow-moving stock.
My real business is RCBO sales, especially the Compacts.
My sales to TEF members are now quite substantial, thank you, but if I can offer other minor products at value-for-money prices, I will do.
SBS Dave
PS, Steptoe,
I would really appreciate a few seals, as you so kindly offered. My address is at the start of this SBS Trade Sales post.
Look out for a standard, slim white envelope with printed label on. Cheers.OOPS!!!,
Sorry about that Onoff.
It was an edited afterthought and I got it wrong.
Thanks any way for your kind offer.
SBS Dave
Actually Hager do something very similar, but I've yet to use one. Like the tails clamp which is one up on the Wylex. (you just know it'll be good though). Think I'll order one just so I can touch it........... :coatthe big BIG advantage I see with the wylex REC enclosures is the tail entry points,
no other enclosure I have ever seen has this 'unique' feature AFAIAA.
EDIT,
also the split cover allows the 'LIVE' side to be sealed and the switched side to still be accessible.
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