Changing sockets & Switches - Grid Module Switch question

cloneslad · 16-05-2023 1:10pm #1

I've been switching out all the white sockets and light switches throughout each room when I redecorate. I'm not on to the kitchen and have all of them done except for the grid module switches we use for the fridge/extractor fan/microwave.

They are currently using Schneider Electric GUG20DPMW Grid Switch DP 20AX switches - loads of photos at the bottom.

To replace them, I bought an antique brass faceplate and Selectric GROD360 antique brass 20a SP 1 way switches

While both are BS EN 60669, the new switches don't have a terminal for the neutral wires to screw into, just L1 and L2 with one of each not having a screw in the terminal.

Are the switches I bought the wrong ones, and if they are, do you know where I would get the correct ones? They need to be antique brass to stop a divorce.

10-10-20 · 16-05-2023 3:50pm

The originals are double-pole (DP) switches and the new ones are single-pole (SP). You would be best off staying with DP isolators at the switch unless you plan on installing isolators elsewhere in the walls.

I'll hold out hope that Selectric have brass DP's for the sake of your marriage. ;)

cloneslad · 16-05-2023 7:52pm

Thanks, I'll have a look now.

Had to pay the buggers £20 delivery and got hit with VAT charges for the set I just bought. Wouldn't have minded but it took them 2 weeks to deliver them after charging me the £20 fee.