Looking for some of those in line light switches for table lamps, Wickes call them a 'through switch' but I can't find them on the SF site.
Any idea what the proper name is?
Switch name?
Oct 05, 2008
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in-line switch?
Torpedo switch
"Its good, but its not right" as Roy Walker used to say on Catchphrase :-)
Just tried that, got a page of dry lining boxes :-)
Nope :-)
"in-line switch" doesn't pull any results from Screwfix, but it does from elsewhere ..
Inline Rocker Switch ?
Hi
Have a look at the bottom of this page
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or 3 core in-line switch
Well TLC call them 'In Line Cord Switch'
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Maplin just call it a 'flex switch'
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Andy Burns wrote;
Thanks chaps, I was doing a SF order & wanted to include them. I've just gone through the catalogue and I can't see them in there either - guess they don't sell them.
Thats because they were primerily made for table lamps and SF dont sell table lamps. :-P
I bought one the other day from B&Q and it was called a Torpedo Switch.
Thats what I did earlier on :-)
For some reason SF don't seem to sell them.
They are also known as 'inline' or 'rocker' switches.
Don.
A rocker switch simply refers to the actual switch mechanism. Most light switches are of this type these days - as opposed to toggle or push. 'In line' says what the device actually is. 'Torpedo' is a bit open to misinterpretation...
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