Switch name?

[The Medway Handyman]

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?

[Andy Burns]

in-line switch?

[Scabbydug]

Torpedo switch

[The Medway Handyman]

"Its good, but its not right" as Roy Walker used to say on Catchphrase :-)

Just tried that, got a page of dry lining boxes :-)

[The Medway Handyman]

Nope :-)

[Andy Burns]

"in-line switch" doesn't pull any results from Screwfix, but it does from elsewhere ..

[NOSPAMnet]

Inline Rocker Switch ?

[Trevor]

Hi

Have a look at the bottom of this page

or 3 core in-line switch

[Peter Andrews]

Well TLC call them 'In Line Cord Switch'

Maplin just call it a 'flex switch'

[The Medway Handyman]

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.

[George]

Thats because they were primerily made for table lamps and SF dont sell table lamps. :-P

[Frank Erskine]

I bought one the other day from B&Q and it was called a Torpedo Switch.

[The Medway Handyman]

Thats what I did earlier on :-)

For some reason SF don't seem to sell them.

[Cerberus .]

They are also known as 'inline' or 'rocker' switches.

Don.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

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...