Has The Polished Chrome Switch Been Switched... | Gather

The polished chrome switch has not only received a resurgence in usage as it competes with an ever increasing amount of different designs and materials but it is also a switch which at the present time is becoming very competitive in price and availability. The changing techniques in plating surfaces with chrome has enabled a more acceptable finish to be obtained, this finish is then polished to a high degree and gives a sparkling finished product. The thinness of the switch or socket makes this a very effective device in the wall, so often the electrical equipment sticks out just far enough to catch passing items or clothing. The latest sleek fittings have no sharp edges and are so close to the wall that they provide no such problems. Fingerprints can smudge the surface a little but generally very little cleaning is required and the final appearance is excellent.

Cost is always an item in electrical fittings and is probably the reason why there are so many standard white plastic style of electrical fittings in switches and sockets. It has nearly always been the case that the latest designs and materials of switches and sockets have been sold at a very uprated price but at present there are some excellent deals going and the price of the polished chrome fittings are now some 25 % of the original market price at some suppliers. This makes Nexus metal sockets and chrome switches competitive with any of the other modern switches and in the case of similar type of switches which are of other materials like black nickel it makes them very attractive to use as an alternative. Whether this price level will remain in the future is very subjective but there is a very good chance that whilst it might increase slightly it will most likely to be kept not far above the present levels.

This price consideration brings this type of product into a far greater market place that previously possible. Somebody may consider a switch a ?6 per item acceptable where an increase to ?27 removes the switch totally from consideration. A total house change would cost an extra several hundred pounds if all sockets and switches were changed but this is now no longer a consideration. In the case of the business or work place world this brings polished chrome switches and sockets into contention with the basic switches, which would normally be used. To provide a top quality finish for minimum price is a builders dream.

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