White Surface Push To Break Door Light Switch 2A 230V

so some people find the switch a problem... for me it was simple and a classic 'does what it says on the tin'Firstly the switch itself.It is a solid plastic like a pattress or regular switch... ie it will be brittle and break if you treat it wrong.The switch works well with the diamond point so it can be activated from any angle. I've got it mounted close to the hinge for both the doors I have it connected to.It is also push to break. ie door closed no power.It is also only a single switch with the two terminals... ie breaks the live with no room for connecting a neutral pair. For electricians... run a single cable to the switch and do all the work in a JB which can be hidden elsewhere where there is more room. or have a regular switch also and bring the switch line back to the regular switch which can act as an isolator. (sorry badly explained but you know what I mean!)Next connecting the switchSome people have said they have problems... why???It is two screw terminals. Strip the wire back about 12mm. If you use flex, twist the core tight. Use long nose pincers to create a curl. Undo the terminal screws so they have lots of clearance and wrap the cable end around the screw. Then tighten,For those who dont know... when you tighten a screw if it is pushing the cable out, you have wrapped it around in the wrong direction. (Im not going to say clockwise because people will get confused!)Alternatively you could use a crimp tool and a spade as other suggest, but personally I don't like the extra connector when it isn't essential.Finally fixing the switchSo yes you need thin screws. Think it was 3mm I used but cant remember.If you use too large a screw it will break. yep the hole is small the screw is fat and the plastic is brittle and wont stretch. break is inevitable!!!If you over tighten it will break... at the point where you feel that extra twist could be done to secure it... DONT. and don't use an electric screwdriver... it over tightens!!!I used 2 screws an they were about 1inch and a half and that secured to the frame nicely... no problems.Finally... if you are not an electrician and don't know about electrics... DONT PLAY WITH THE ELECTRICS get an electrician to fit the switch.Chances are, you will need to run a switch line to a box to wire this thing up. If you don't know how to do this, you will kill someone if you are not careful. Electricity is dangerous and too many people think they know what they are doing and risk people and property.

Very simple pressure switch. I have fitted several of these over the years to cupboard doors and never had one fail. Would definitely recommend this item

This switch is designed for walk-in cupboards and similar applications, and it does its job well. The best things about it are:Well insulated. The case actually consists of two parts. An external case (the white one, visible in photo) covers a smaller black case. This allows you to wire up the switch, then cover it (closing it with one screw, again, as shown in the photo) and this way, there's no way anyone can get their little fingers near live contacts. Six stars for this excellent design!The "Slanted pyramid" design of the actuator ensures that the switch can be pressed "head on" (e.g. on a sliding door or at the open end of a door), or near the hinge. Again, excellent choice which makes it possible to use it in wide variety of situations.Thirdly, the switch is rated 2A at 250V. This is more than enough for any kind of likely lighting applications I can think of. I've used it with 12V LEDs so obviously it's not hard pressed, but good to know that the rating is that high.On the downside, the switch is rather large, about twice the size of the one I had used previously. For me, that meant that mounting it on the door jamb was not as easy as I had hoped.Also, the "mechanism" is simply a flexible piece of metal pressed by the actuator which is pulled away from the contacts. If you were actually using it with mains voltage, my guess is that it would tend to arc and over time will corrode and perhaps stop working altogether. At the price, this seems like they could have afforded a more reliable setup. Still, for many applications, this would be sufficient.

Seems sturdy and not yet failed

Really nicely made product, good compact dimensions and easy to install, even when I drilled the faceplate for rear cable entry. It is made of a Bakelite material so is more brittle than a "normal" plastic unit, but you only need to make sure it is mounted on a flat surface with pan-head screws, otherwise it will shatter if you use countersunk screws and overtighten them. Very simple but effective in operation.

On the plus side, this is a safe unit made of sturdy plastic, and it's possibly the only door switch available on the market which has a cable clamp.On the minus side, with a little more design it could have been excellent rather than adequate. In particular:The cable terminals are a poor design, you will either need to fit spade connectors or "trap" the wires under the screws.There is no earth tie-off point so you must use 2-core cable.There is no loop facility so you may have to think carefully about how you are going to connect this up to the supply and light(s) (probably fair enough given its small dimensions).The four mounting holes are really quite narrow so you will need long thin wood screws to mount it. If you force in a larger screw the plastic will shatter.The switch action is not very positive, there's no "give" once it's been depressed, and in some cases the spring loading may even pop open a cupboard door.It's quite expensive considering the rather basic design.But despite all of the above, I would still buy one again since it does the job and there are very few if any alternatives.

Easy to install and does the job well. Used a couple now for cupboard doors and loft door switches.

Used to replace a rubbish Chinese switch from another seller which burnt out....This is of a much simpler design, just a piece of spring steel pushing on the pertuding plastic which is used for the push switch motion.very well made. should last a long time