Socket Brands

[wozz]

Deta nearly everywhere, very comprehensive range. 

Where more arduous conditions exist or dual earths, MK. 

 

[Nicky Tesla]

Deta chrome sockets............nice

 

[stitch]

Usually MK or BG Nexus

 

[Sidewinder]

Click Mode for the "domestic" I do they have all I need, teamed up with MK surface boxes, ESU242, type, & the flared MT2 adaptors, job's a good 'un!

 

[cornish terrorist]

I love Hager Sollysta probably the best sockets ive fitted the terminals are huge and spacious and does not break like the MK ones do after you tighten them, I have used a bit of Click mode which is  very good although the switches are very stiff.

Its interesting why people rave about Mk because they are not willing to try something else Mk is over priced and only 2747s are made here the outboard rocker socket 2746 I think are clearly stamped made in Malaysia ,says it all

 

[OnOff]

Volex Flat Black Plate continue to haunt me....................cos I've fitted them in my own 'effin kitchen! Miniscule holes for the wires, forget 4mm, 2.5 is difficult enough! Limited range too ended up getting other brands that are "close" to get what I want.

 

[cornish terrorist]

Those Volex sockets have the same terrible backs that Crabtree now have, so if you have to buy Crabtree or Volex by the double pole ones that Citys sell they have tunnel terminals

 

[OnOff]

Those Volex sockets have the same terrible backs that Crabtree now have, so if you have to buy Crabtree or Volex by the double pole ones that Citys sell they have tunnel terminals

Maybe because they're both from the same stable............Electrium!

 

[soulman]

Hager Sollysta looks good & no problems at all.

 

[cornish terrorist]

hager all the way kicks mk and crabtree in to touch

sollysta is the best ive ever fitted in 26 years of being a sparks!

 

[Steve3948]

So how much is a Hager Twin Socket ??

 

[Sidewinder]

Quoted £1.50 for 2G DP switched for the Hager WMSS82 in Feb, looks very similar to the MK unit curved front etc. & like the Click Mode CMA036, which I am running down my stock of which I paid £2.00 dead each for, have about 20 left now!

 

[amo]

Click mode all the way. Don't use anything else

 

[dannyr]

I wouldn't use Knightsbridge or MK either.

 

[Steve3948]

I wouldn't use Knightsbridge or MK either.

How about giving reasons why, so others can have a heads up on any issues you have with them.

 

[steptoe]

knightsbridge sockets have good terminals, but, Im not convinced on their long term lifespan,

they feel cheap, and look ugly.

 

[NozSpark]

knightsbridge sockets have good terminals, but, Im not convinced on their long term lifespan,

they feel cheap, and look ugly.

Are you taking the P????

I did a job with some,,, got called back to over half a dozen failures out of maybe 20 installed, also loads of them had loose screws that hold the mechanism to the face plate :|

 

[Robin Spark]

changing the subject ever so slightly, but when did crabtree change the terminal connection layout on the switched fused spurs?

They used to be L and N (in) at the top, with L and N (load) at the bottom, then with a seperate earth terminal on the side.

I picked a couple up from wholesaler the other day and now across the top you have something like earth, N (in), L (out), L in, earth and then a N (out) at the bottom.  Doesnt really seem a very good layout at all and so I will be sticking with Deta which are much better and slightly cheaper!

 

[steptoe]

Are you taking the P????

I did a job with some,,, got called back to over half a dozen failures out of maybe 20 installed, also loads of them had loose screws that hold the mechanism to the face plate :|

???

what do you mean?

that the terminals were sh*t ?

not had any issues with call backs yet, prob fitted in the hundreds past 6 months, council job where thats what they supply.

 

[NozSpark]

Can't remember what the terminals were like TBH,,, but like I said they had loads with loose screw that hold the mechanism to the face plate