OK, cool - and that's helpful - what about the BG Nexus Metal ones I've identified? They seem cheap, does cheap imply dangerous for them?
Switches and sockets...
- Thread starter dpm_dpmartin
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I have no experience of these sockets but their consumer units are ok.
I see they come with a 25 year manufacturer's guarantee.
Just a random search:
https://www.beststuff.co.uk/store/b...th-usb-2.1a-charger-sockets-brushed-steel.htm
I see they come with a 25 year manufacturer's guarantee.
Just a random search:
https://www.beststuff.co.uk/store/b...th-usb-2.1a-charger-sockets-brushed-steel.htm
Yes, and look at that price there, >£30... the place that I linked to at the start of the thread appears to be selling them for less than £12. Going to plump for 5 of them...
Do you think that the ones which cost 2½ times as much will be different?
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They're the same item, that's my point, aren't you paying attention?
I don't think they'll be any different at all in the important stuff, i.e. what goes on behind the faceplate.
Not quite.
If you pay attention you'll see that the more expensive ones are flat plate screwless ones, and there's always a premium to be paid for those. Whether you could find a smaller premium by shopping around I don't know.
It seems they are not quite but -
while you thought they were why then did you comment on the price?
Do I have to only link to the shop where you are going to buy them?
OK.
What point are you tying to make, or inference are you hoping will be drawn from this:
What point are you tying to make, or inference are you hoping will be drawn from this:
OP asked if they were any good?
I merely linked the first site found to describe the product and even pointed out that it was a random search.
After which, the only response from him was that they cost more on said site.
He does seem to be rather hard to help.
I've got MK, LAP and BG usb/13A sockets at home. They all seem good quality and none have given me any trouble. You'll need to install at least 35mm back boxes for the white plastic MK socket or flat plate LAP. The BG white plastic is smaller and good for retrofitting into existing 25mm boxes.
Didn't you read in the Electrical Safety First article, the part where they said that every one of the samples tested failed to meet one or more requirements of the relevant product standard? The UK does allow many dangerous items to be sold. There is no routine market surveillance of product safety, and Trading Standards do not have the resources to follow up many complaints.
Yes, but then he read an advert on eBay which said they were utterly splendid and CE marked and all that like, so he is going to persevere with the course of action he was already determined on before coming here.
For a very worrying example, just look at the counterfeit circuit-breakers which turned out to be nothing more than single-pole switches in a (copied) MCB casing. I forget the brand now, but it was one of the slightly higher priced ones where the counterfeits could be sold at considerably below normal price. There's been a similar thing happen here in the U.S. with Square D QO breakers, as they're normally higher priced than the middle-of-the-range stuff.
To be fair I think that report was done before the better quality brands (MK and BG) where selling them in the UK.
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