Kitchen wall switch

shaggyjh

Hi,

We are about to rejuvenate our kitchen that we have in our house.

Units and appliances are ordered and lighting found, but i cannot find anything similar to the following wall switch. Do they exist? Or even just another switch to replace the blank that is on the far right of the picture below.
We just need a nice looking wall plate with 4 switches with or without descriptions on!

At present the switches control:

• Washing Machine - Dishwasher
• Cooker Hood - Ordinary electric wall socket that the cooker hood is plugged into (not useable due to hole being blocked by conservatory!)
• Fridge - Ordinary electric wall socket that the fridge is plugged into
• Blank switch

We want to have something similar in the new kitchen which will be able to control:

• Dishwasher
• Cooker Hood
• Under cabinet lighting
• Plinth lighting

KeithP

Maybe this is what you are looking for... MK Electric Grid Plus. This is the full range with every possible (probably) description on them. They should all be available from any good elictrical Wholesaler.
They don't appear to be exactly the same as your existing ones, but other makes do exist.
Screwfix sell a subset of this MK range, but without the writing on them. See here.

Fire_Fox

Oooh good post. I have never seen four switches on one plate before I moved here. We have two dimmer switches and two rocker light switches instead of one for appliances as you have. Ideally I'd like a flat brushed steel plate with dolly/ toggle switches instead but that's just me being fussy!

[Deleted User]

Hi,

found this, might do the job.

sparky883

Be warned not to buy a bank of switches that are only rated for lighting,The ones in your picture are isolaters,The "mk" ones will do it.

shaggyjh

Many thanks for all your replies.

Would this be suitable for the job we want?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-10Amp-SWITCH-4-GANG-2-WAY-BS-60669-APPROVED_W0QQitemZ220342804484QQihZ012QQcategoryZ57215QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

The problem is if we go for a Chrome one then the rest of the kitchen switches have to be chrome, which then means the rest of the house has to have chrome light and socket plates!!

Mikeyorks

shaggyjh wrote: »

Would this be suitable for the job we want?

As post #5 ....... absolutely not. You need the MK ones referenced at post #2. Much more expensive, I suspect, but far less likely to generate a fire! The one you're looking at is rated for lighting circuits only.

If not the MK one .... take the existing one off and check the manufacturer on the back. Contact them and see if they still do similar?

MX5huggy

The MK range you get in any number of finishes basic white they call LOGIC PLUS MK stuff is good.

Alias_Omega

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

found this, might do the job.

shaggyjh wrote: »

Many thanks for all your replies.

Would this be suitable for the job we want?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-10Amp-SWITCH-4-GANG-2-WAY-BS-60669-APPROVED_W0QQitemZ220342804484QQihZ012QQcategoryZ57215QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

The problem is if we go for a Chrome one then the rest of the kitchen switches have to be chrome, which then means the rest of the house has to have chrome light and socket plates!!

Only rated to 10 Amps, washing machine etc would be rated as 13amps.

I think you could be running into trouble here, as potentially you could have 2 circuits within one backbox, by having socket circuits with lighting circuits..

Unless, you had all 20amp switches running to 13amp sockets, all powered by the ring-main or a radial circuit.

Alias_Omega

shaggyj wrote:

We want to have something similar in the new kitchen which will be able to control:

• Dishwasher
• Cooker Hood
• Under cabinet lighting
• Plinth lighting

I would go with this switch above, but in 20amp rating.

Run this off the ring main, and have 4x 2.5mm T&E cables out of it to single sockets, or un-switches fused spur units.

Ringmain supplies the switch...then....

(Dishwasher) Ring-Main -> Switch -> Socket (plug dishwasher in)
(Cooker Hood) Ring-Main -> Switch -> Un-sw fuse connection (hood hardwired to it)
(Under unit lighting) Ring-Main -> Switch -> Un-sw fuse connection (lighting into it)
(Plinth lighting) Ring-Main -> Switch -> Un-sw fuse connection (Plinth lighting hardwired to it)

The purpose of the fused unit is to reduce the 32amp rating down to 3,5, or even 13amp. The dishwasher would be fused by the plug on the end of it, when plugged into the socket.