The wooden brown Wylex has been fitted onto a timber surface without it's paxolin backplate - a possible fire risk. I 've installed hundreds of these in my lifetime and they were always excellent. I only ever encountered a problem with one installed by A N Other. It was fitted without its paxolin backplate and the cables were routed back-entry directly into the wall cavity. After many years of good service dust from the cavity accumulated in the main switch and it started to cook. The owner smelt it and called me before things got nasty - there was no damage to the tails and a new Wylex with a backplate fixed things. The white Wylex is the "all insulated" type, and did not need a separate backplate. Good times!
The wooden brown Wylex has been fitted onto a timber surface without it's paxolin backplate - a possible fire risk. I 've installed hundreds of these in my lifetime and they were always excellent. I only ever encountered a problem with one installed by A N Other. It was fitted without its paxolin backplate and the cables were routed back-entry directly into the wall cavity. After many years of good service dust from the cavity accumulated in the main switch and it started to cook. The owner smelt it and called me before things got nasty - there was no damage to the tails and a new Wylex with a backplate fixed things. The white Wylex is the "all insulated" type, and did not need a separate backplate. Good times!
