Supplier for Old style cooker switch cover

[stonneway]

Does anyone know where i can get an old style cooker switch cover from? I have an old one here which is pretty battered and needs replacing. I dont want to replace the entire socket for a new one, as that would mean a lot of filling as the old socket is far larger than the new style ones.

The dims are

w: 16.5 cm
h: 18 cm

It's white (well, it was) and it has a power socket and switch, as well as a cooker switch. The two switches themselves are the large red lever style ones.

Anyone know of a source ? I havent managed to find anywhere yet.

Olly

 

[baldelectrician]

something like this

http://www.mkelectric.co.uk/products/item.asp?itemid=4556&rangeid=1030

Can be ordered from most electrical wholesaslers (except CEF who fell out of love with MK a few years ago)

 

[stonneway]

Thanks. Looks good to me. Did a google for the price, and my first comment is .... HOW MUCH ??!?!?!?!

http://www.rbstaronline.co.uk/acatalog/MK_Cooker_Switches.html

Man, theres money in switches !!

 

[Steve]

i'd go with filling the wall in myself, those big cooker switches are UGLY!!!

 

[kai]

Old Cooker Switches.

Why WERE they so big and ugly in those days?

 

[stonneway]

wasnt it the old wiring which was so hard to manouver and thick that you needed a large cavity behind the socket to move the thicker cooker wire about the place.

 

[baldelectrician]

these units were the norm 25-35 years ago

standard council spec.

almost all council houses here built 1955-1975 had one of these in as standard