Recommendations for bathroom pullcord light switch 2025

[HarryP1000]

Hi

Sorry if this is a duplicate - I didn't see any recent recommendations/dire warnings, and I know that the manufacturers keep changing their designs/countries of manufacture/etc, so anything that people have said about products fitted more than a couple of years ago is likely to be out of date.

I need to replace a bathroom pullcord light switch (after 40 years the original MK switch has given up the ghost) - any makes/models that I should avoid? Any that are really worth fitting? I just need something that is plain white, no bells and whistles.

I've seen recent bad reviews on Screwfix website for pretty much all the ones they sell...

 

[ETAF]

how about TLC or CEF

I have black ones and the one i got from amazon was useless and failed

i got mine from TLC just before covid - working fine

Pull Cord Switch - Matt Black Matt White

 

[SUNRAY]

Personally I now stick with Screwfix ordinary BG 6A (only available in white - code 88475 https://www.screwfix.com/p/british-general-6a-1-way-pull-cord-switch-white/88475) as I got fed up with changing the expensive brands in my rental properties and allegedly it comes with a 10 year warranty, have only had to change one since 2018 but I think it was due to tenant fitting a very heavy china handle.

I haven't tried the Knightbridge.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I need to replace a bathroom pullcord light switch (after 40 years the original MK switch has given up the ghost)

Horrible things, you never know whether they are on or off, and finding/catching the cord, can be a frustrating task. Fit a wall switch, just outside the door.

 

[HarryP1000]

Fit a wall switch, just outside the door.

... and turn a 15 minute job unscrewing then tightening 4 or 5 screws into one that involves considerably more time and work. "The best is the enemy of the good"

 

[AndyPRK]

I thought you were going to ask for a quiet switch

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

... and turn a 15 minute job unscrewing then tightening 4 or 5 screws into one that involves considerably more time and work. "The best is the enemy of the good"

Pull switches in bathrooms, are generally installed to comply with regulations, plus ease cheapness of installation - even when not a regulation requirement.

 

[HarryP1000]

I thought you were going to ask for a quiet switch

I'm more concerned with getting one that won't break after a couple of weeks. Quiet would be a bonus, but not something I'd lose sleep about.

 

[AndyPRK]

I like ones where the terminals are on the bottom. Stops switches filing up with plaster dust and also makes installation a tad easier.

Like legrand myself

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I thought you were going to ask for a quiet switch

How they are mounted, makes a lot of difference. They are noisier, when mounted between the ceiling timbers, than if fixed to the timber - plasterboard acts as a sounding board.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Pull switches in bathrooms, are generally installed to comply with regulations,..... even when not a regulation requirement.

Eh? that makes no sense.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Eh? that makes no sense.

It makes perfect sense - They are installed, often where there is no regulation requirement for them to be installed, because a ceiling mount is easier, than chasing the wall out to add the wall switch.

 

[Taylortwocities]

It makes perfect sense - They are installed, often where there is no regulation requirement for them to be installed, because a ceiling mount is easier, than chasing the wall out to add the wall switch.

So really, what you meant to write is:
are generally installed to make things easier for the installer - even when not a regulation requirement.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

So really, what you meant to write is:
are generally installed to make things easier for the installer - even when not a regulation requirement.

If it amuses you to express it that way

You obviously omitted to read my post #7, which preceded the post you complained about, and explained that point more fully..

 

[blup]

Hager do a robust ceiling switch but very noisy compared to the old single pole switches