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Shower Cord Switch Challenge.

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Has anyone ever had customers complaining that they find it impossible to operate 45/50 Amp. ceiling shower cord switches. They just haven't got the strength.

Was was your solution?

 

Z.

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    WD40 and preloading may help using a heavy pulling handle on the cord ………. ensure a strong cord.

    ? Otherwise carry out a test to the latest edition of BS EN 60669-1:2000+A2:2008 - Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements 
    20.9 The operating member of a cord-operated switch shall have adequate strength.
    Compliance is checked on a new specimen by the following test:
    The switch is mounted on a support as in normal use.
    A pull of 100 N is applied for 1 min on the operating member as in normal use, after which a
    pull of 50 N is applied for 1 min in the most unfavourable direction within a conical surface with the centre being the operating cord and the angle not exceeding 80 ° to the vertical.
    After the test the switch shall show no damage within the meaning of this standard. The operating member shall not have broken and the cord-operated switch shall still operate.

    Jaymack

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    WD40 and preloading may help using a heavy pulling handle on the cord ………. ensure a strong cord.

    ? Otherwise carry out a test to the latest edition of BS EN 60669-1:2000+A2:2008 - Switches for household and similar fixed-electrical installations - Part 1: General requirements 
    20.9 The operating member of a cord-operated switch shall have adequate strength.
    Compliance is checked on a new specimen by the following test:
    The switch is mounted on a support as in normal use.
    A pull of 100 N is applied for 1 min on the operating member as in normal use, after which a
    pull of 50 N is applied for 1 min in the most unfavourable direction within a conical surface with the centre being the operating cord and the angle not exceeding 80 ° to the vertical.
    After the test the switch shall show no damage within the meaning of this standard. The operating member shall not have broken and the cord-operated switch shall still operate.

    Jaymack

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