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Square edge versus round edge white plastic fittings.

Sparkingchip

I went to my wholesaler this morning to stock up and ask for the usual Schneider Ultimate Square Edge accessories and the manager said they are running the stock down as “The round edge fittings are nearly the same price and most people prefer them”.

I keep the Schneider Ultimate Square Edge accessories as van stock because they match the fittings in most of the homes I work in, it’s reliable and I don’t get call backs, I have never had a complaint about them unlike other major brands whose products I have had to go back and replace (BG in amongst other).

So I have been on the Internet looking for alternative suppliers and it took a considerable time, I have now placed an order for what I could not get this morning from my wholesaler to be posted to me so the van will be fully stocked this week with a few of each fitting, but obviously it’s an issue that I cannot just call in at my local wholesaler which is between my house and the motorway to grab things at half seven in the morning as I did last Monday morning as I generally do a job then replace what I have used, bearing in mind that some days I only use around fifteen quids worth of materials so I don’t need a huge van stock, it’s variety rather than quantity.

I could switch my van stock to Hager round edge fittings, which is a pain as it means double stocking whilst I use the old stuff up and the van isn’t big enough, but the round stuff will look odd in most of the houses I work in.

What are you all carrying as van stock, square edge or round edge accessories?

 

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    You have to appreciate some of the oddities that affect choices.

    My wholesaler stocked BG then to ”streamline“ stock supplied spacers with flex outlets in them rather than SFCU and 20 amp switches with built in flex outlets, these are more fiddly, more stock and look like a after thought. https://www.eyreandelliston.co.uk/products/b-g-8cgs-1gang-spacer-c-w-flex-outlet-0438CGS1

    Hager SFCU have the flex outlet in the front of the plate, so the cable sticks out from the wall rather than hanging do neatly  and unless you double stock there’s a plastic plug in the front of the SFCU that don’t have a flex connected to them https://hager.com/uk/products/h/wmssu83fo-13a-fcu-switched-flex-outlet

    The Schneider Square Edge Exclusive I am using have 20 amp switches with and without flex outlets, the switches with flex outlets are slightly thicker, but not enough to notice and the flex outlet is a knock out on the bottom edge so they can be used universally.

    I have had to change van stock a few times over the last twenty years, wholesalers have changed stock  lines, been taken over, gone bust  making change inevitable, but the GET Schneider have stood the test of time the best and round edge fittings are still not the norm.

    I have only had to get one lot of brushed stainless fittings in the last year, I was sent a survey with a photo of an existing fitting three weeks before I was to do the job, so I went online and ordered some, after two weeks I phoned the supplier and they weren’t even  in the UK so I ended up cancelling and get something similar locally rather than an exact match.

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    You have to appreciate some of the oddities that affect choices.

    My wholesaler stocked BG then to ”streamline“ stock supplied spacers with flex outlets in them rather than SFCU and 20 amp switches with built in flex outlets, these are more fiddly, more stock and look like a after thought. https://www.eyreandelliston.co.uk/products/b-g-8cgs-1gang-spacer-c-w-flex-outlet-0438CGS1

    Hager SFCU have the flex outlet in the front of the plate, so the cable sticks out from the wall rather than hanging do neatly  and unless you double stock there’s a plastic plug in the front of the SFCU that don’t have a flex connected to them https://hager.com/uk/products/h/wmssu83fo-13a-fcu-switched-flex-outlet

    The Schneider Square Edge Exclusive I am using have 20 amp switches with and without flex outlets, the switches with flex outlets are slightly thicker, but not enough to notice and the flex outlet is a knock out on the bottom edge so they can be used universally.

    I have had to change van stock a few times over the last twenty years, wholesalers have changed stock  lines, been taken over, gone bust  making change inevitable, but the GET Schneider have stood the test of time the best and round edge fittings are still not the norm.

    I have only had to get one lot of brushed stainless fittings in the last year, I was sent a survey with a photo of an existing fitting three weeks before I was to do the job, so I went online and ordered some, after two weeks I phoned the supplier and they weren’t even  in the UK so I ended up cancelling and get something similar locally rather than an exact match.

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