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Default Crabtree, Marbo, MK, Volex, BG, Contactum, Telco, OEM etc - whichsockets + switches to choose?

On 18 May, 13:11, Tim Watts wrote:

Have a look on the IET (IEE) forums too - there's lots of comments about
makes - remmeber, proper sparkies get called back if stuff dies after a
year, so there is a fairly balanced opinion there.


Ah, hadn't been there before - thanks.

Can't find that much comment on the cheaper brands - but several
threads about how MK and Crabtree aren't the gold standard they once
were. Interesting forum though.

Cheers,
David.
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On Tue, 18 May 2010 09:18:02 -0700 (PDT), David Robinson wrote:

On 18 May, 13:11, Tim Watts wrote:

Have a look on the IET (IEE) forums too - there's lots of comments about
makes - remmeber, proper sparkies get called back if stuff dies after a
year, so there is a fairly balanced opinion there.


Ah, hadn't been there before - thanks.

Can't find that much comment on the cheaper brands - but several
threads about how MK and Crabtree aren't the gold standard they once
were. Interesting forum though.

Cheers,
David.


Screwfix used to do Superswitch white moulded range, but that seems to have
gone and there's now Varilight that looks very similar.
If Varilight is the same as Superswitch (just a change of name), then I
found that Superswitch had positive, quiet action, nicely rounded but not
overstated profile and seemed to be of reasonable quality.

http://www.screwfix.com/cats/A482046...ht-White-Range
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