MK intermediate grid switch

[Reesy09]

Hi,

My electrician has told me to buy a replacement MK intermediate grid switch. Do I need a 10A or 20A? The switch which needs replacing is on a socket with 2 switches, one of which controls a different light. Not sure if this makes a difference and I haven't got a clue!

Thanks

 

[sparkiemike]

Ask your electrician. It will depend on how many fittings you have installed, if in doubt get the 20A one

 

[Reesy09]

Thanks. There are 9 halogen downlights if that helps.

Many thanks.

 

[Lectrician]

Either would be fine, and the cost difference negligible.

I wonder why you need a replacement? Rare for one to fail.

 

[seasickstevie]

I assume you're not really meaning a socket ...

More likely a grid switch (switch only - no socket).

Unusual to mount a socket with intermediate switching.

 

[JohnW2]

Ask your electrician. It will depend on how many fittings you have installed, if in doubt get the 20A one

Strictly true - but, in reality no domestic lighting circuit (very probably a 6A one) is going to have a single switch controlling a load greater than 10A! Even in a non-domestic situation, I would imagine that it would be pretty unlikely. In other words, I'm sure that (assuming domestic), a 10A switch would be more than adequate!

Kind Regards, John.

 

[riveralt]

I don't think MK make a 10Amp intermediate switch only a 20A.

 

[Reesy09]

Sorry, yes I meant switch not socket. We have 3 switches which control the lights but they've never worked properly, so that all 3 switches always turn them on or off (don't know how to explain it). The electrician tested the switches today and said that the grid switch only works diagonally one way and not the other.

Thanks everyone.

 

[JohnW2]

I don't think MK make a 10Amp intermediate switch only a 20A.

It's seems that you're right, at least, in terms of the current raange - so that answers the OP's question fairly neatly

I guess they probably decided to only make 20A ones (a little ironically) because the demand for 20A ones would probably be very low - hence not really justifying making them as a separate line.

Kind Regards, John.