Which Sockets and Switches have the screw caps??

[gunnersellit]

Hi All
Very quick question before i place my screwfix order for my house move.
Do the MK range of light switches come with the little white screw cap covers.

Switches I've brought from B&Q in the past have done, but I cant remember if they are MK ones and I want to buy a bulk lot from Screwfix.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/mk-1g-1w-sw/13930

Thanks

 

[flameport]

MK ones do not.

These do:
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Electrical/White+Flat+Plate/d190/sd3103

 

[gunnersellit]

THANK YOU

 

[sparkybird]

GET do, but i rarely fit them as they are such a pain to remove without damaging them if you need to unscrew the front plate

SB

 

[securespark]

IMHO, they look wel naff and remind me of cheesy DIY.

 

[Chri5]

GET do, but i rarely fit them as they are such a pain to remove without damaging them if you need to unscrew the front plate

SB

Well if you hammer them in

I like them, legrand sockets used to have them as do GET. The removal trick requires a fine blade, scapel or bare stanley and lightly stabbing the edge and popping them out.

The GET one's have x 4 buttons on the inside, so if you mash the 1st set you have a spare.

Above counter areas they help avoid getting dirty deposits building up in the screw holes. Simple things like cleaning a f/plate with a grubby damo cloth can catch dirty and they do prevent that.

 

[johnnykc]

Hi,

If you don't want to see the screw heads why don't you just purchase 'screwless' products?.....

 

[Chri5]

Hi,

If you don't want to see the screw heads why don't you just purchase 'screwless' products?.....

Some don't like the fact that they can be easily prized off

Some don't like the fact that the wall must be 100% flat

Some just don't like them

 

[DetlefSchmitz]

Of course, there's always white Play-Doh.

 

[johnnykc]

Hi,

If you don't want to see the screw heads why don't you just purchase 'screwless' products?.....

Some don't like the fact that they can be easily prized off

Some don't like the fact that the wall must be 100% flat

Some just don't like them

That 'some' would be you Chri5.......I...of course am directing this question at gunnersellit......

 

[jb2]

Does anybody know if these screw caps can be bought on their own? I could do with a few.

 

[ericmark]

I was told to use silicon sealant rather than the caps as bacteria could get into the crack. I was given some odd instructions all to do with bacteria was not allowed to use Alan headed bolts for example. I was working in a cheese factory at the time.

 

[Dextraneous]

I was told to use silicon sealant rather than the caps as bacteria could get into the crack.

Now, does anyone else see anything wrong with this statement?

 

[AndyPRK]

legrand sell caps for theirs on ebay.

 

[deadshort]

Of course, there's always white Play-Doh.

I would be tempted to sniff m'e light switches!

DS