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welcome to the Sparks and Lights Showroom in Archway (picture gallery 1)
Posted by admin in all-time best-seller, ask Mr Sparks, bathroom lights, energy saving lights, in-house announcements, lighting systems, new light fittings, products pictures on January 12, 2012
How can you most rightly describe a lighting showroom like the Sparks and Lights lighting showroom in Archway? No matter what you say about it, you do the showroom injustice. Things get moved around, new lights and devices get installed and put up, others get sold out, new stands are there, new configurations, etc. Our colleagues at the counter love changing things around from time to time!
We thought we should welcome you into our showroom and take some pictures – please accept our apologies for the not-too-good-quality of the pictures, they were taken with a phone camera – of some of the fittings and devices we have in our showroom! For more pictures, take a look at the latest Lights at Sparks and Lights picture album on facebook, and become a fan of Sparks Direct Electrical on Facebook.
Sparks and Lights Showroom – outdoor lights
A wide collection of display outdoor light fittings, available both online and in our showroom in Archway.
Shelf lights and concealed lighting for kitchen
Concealed lights for discreet lighting under shelf, energy saving fittings at Sparks and Lights.
Table lights and ceiling lights in our showroom
A glimpse of the Pendants, Chandeliers, and Table lights at Sparks Electrical Wholesalers – take a look!
Heritage Brass switches and sockets at Sparks
One of the many arrangements of switches, sockets, dimmers, and other wiring devices from Heritage Brass.
The Forbes and Lomax Combination range(telecom, data, audio, and visual devices)
Posted by sparksdirect in ask Mr Sparks, guest expert, new technologies, switches and sockets, technical data, website update on September 13, 2011
Forbes and Lomax offers some of the most classy and stylish switches and sockets, including the Invisible Switch / the invisible plate. One of the most recent additions to their range is – at the request of the public and as a further development of their amazing range – the Combination Range.
The way it works is simple: the Forbes and Lomax Combination Range allows you to create multi-gang combinations of telecom and data modules alongside audio and visual outlets. Most switches and sockets manufacturers do NOT produce atypical combinations of data, telecom, audio, and visual sockets – but Forbes and Lomax offers you a way around it with the Combination Range of Data / Visual / Telecom sockets.
The Combination Range from Forbes and Lomax
Simply put, you can take most of the single and two gang telecom / data / audio / visual socket modules and combine them on the plate you desire. 3G and 4G combinations are available in a modular format. The range is available in all the Forbes and Lomax finishes with an option of White insert(W) or Black insert(B). What modules can you put on a 1G or 2G combination range plate from Forbes and Lomax? Single or double RJ45 CAT5 / CAT6 sockets, Single or double telecom master sockets, single or twin telecom slave sockets, single or double TV sockets, single satellite F connector, and any combinations of these can be made into the desired / needed Combination Plate from Forbes and Lomax!
How does the Combination Range work?
Select a combination plate in your specific finish and then choose which modules you require – indicating whether you want white(W) or black(B) inserts.
For example, let’s say you want a 3 gang combination plate in the painted range containing 1 x TV, 1 x SAT, and 1 x CAT5 with white inserts. For this, you need to order the following:
- 1 X 3GCOMBO [the 3 gang painted plate]
- 1 X COAX/W [the single coax / TV module]
- 1 X SAT/W [the single satellite module]
- 1 X C5/W [the single CAT5 module]
We are now in the process of putting these devices online – at the Forbes and Lomax section – and working out a way to make it simple to combine them together so that you may obtain the device you need. As we mentioned above, the available modules are: telecom master sockets, telecom slave sockets, cat 5 sockets, cat 6 sockets, RJ12 sockets, blank modules, TV(non isolated), satellite F connector, Hi-Spec(inc Ethernet), speaker outlets, and Phono. As for the plates, there are the 3 Gang plates and the 4 Gang plates(larger combinations up to 12 gang are available on request).
If you are interested in this range, do not hesitate to contact us – send us an email with your request at sales @ sparksdirect.co.uk or leave us a comment here.
Heritage Brass Paintable Sockets: a new range of Primed White Metal Wiring Devices!
Posted by sparksdirect in ask Mr Sparks, customer service, electrical products, guest expert, new technologies, products pictures, switches and sockets, technical data, website update on July 21, 2011
This just in: Heritage Brass has a new range of wiring devices, a new finish – the primed metal finish! Just as the ones at Forbes and Lomax have the Painted Socket, the people at Heritage Brass are now making the “primed” switches, sockets, dimmers, spurs, etc – paintable wiring devices! And they all come in both the screwed and non-screwed / screwless range! If you want to paint over the switches / sockets / dimmers / spurs in your house / office, so that the color of the wall / supporting element, the Heritage Brass Primed White Metal range is what you need! Not only sockets, but even more: cooker switches, data sockets, blanking plates, triple fan isolators, etc.
The new Primed White Heritage Brass range
- Wiring devices made by Heritage Brass in a Primed Metal range;
- Suitable for painting: paintable wiring devices;
- Operating Voltage: 250v, 50Hz;
- Front Plate: Flat Plate;
- Finish: Prime White, paintable device;
- Electrical Inserts: White Inserts;
- Inserts type: Wandsworth inserts(high quality);
- Suitable for painting: paintable device;
- Plate Dimensions:
# for the Single devices: 86 x 86 mm;
# for the Double devices: 86 x 147 mm; - Conforming to relevant British wiring Standards;
- Box depth: 35mm;
- Wiring devices in this category – Heritage Brass Prime White devices:
# 20A rocker grid switches; 20A dolly switches; architrave switches;
# 2 way dimmer switches; low voltage dimmer switches;
# 13A switched sockets; 2A / 5A sockets, shaver sockets;
# triple fan isolator switches; blanking plate;
# telephone sockets, data sockets;
# TV/Satellite/Speaker sockets;
# 13A fused connection units(spurs).
Soon, via SparksDirect.co.uk, at the Switches and Sockets – Metal Plate – Flat Metal Plate Wiring Devices, there will be a new category with the above range! Keep an eye on the Switches and Sockets section.
BG Nexus White Moulded Plastic range of Switches and Sockets, Features in Pictures
Posted by sparksdirect in all-time best-seller, ask Mr Sparks, guest expert, products pictures, switches and sockets, technical data on March 22, 2011
Every range of items has a cool presentation coming from the manufacturer at one point in time, and we just happened to discover the BG Nexus White Moulded Plastic range of Wiring Devices one! Below are some of the cool features of this range of switches, sockets, dimmers, spurs, data sockets, blanking plates, etc – the BG Nexus White Moulded Plastic wiring devices. Sleek and slim range of switches and sockets, with rounded corners and gently curved rockers, the Nexus White Plastic range combines superior quality with stunning good looks and also an easy installation! This range adds a stylish modern look to the home or the office – wherever you need it!
The BG Nexus White Plastic Switches and Sockets – Features in Pictures – Introduction
BG Nexus White Moulded Switches and Sockets – Retrofit Spacer for Easy Installation
The BG Nexus White Moulded Switches and Sockets - Retrofit Spacer for Easy Installation during rewires
BG Nexus White Moulded Wiring Devices – Large Terminals and Spare Screw Covers
The BG Nexus White Moulded Wiring Devices - Large Terminals, Spare Screw Covers, and Retainer Screws
BG Nexus White Plastic Switches and Sockets – Slimline and modern
Left: Angled inline and colour coded terminals;
Right: Modern slimline neon inlaid red rocker indicator
BG Nexus White Plastic Wiring Devices – sleek appearance
Left: Removable flex outlet
Right: Screw covers for sleek appearance
BG Nexus White Plastic Switches and Sockets – 10AX rated with modern profile
Left: All Light Switches are 10AX rated;
Right: Modern slimline profile.
Read more about the BG Nexus range of Wiring Devices via: the BG Nexus range of wiring devices(for indoors and outdoors), the BG Nexus white moulded switched socket for hotels and holidays homes, and – pay less for the same quality switches and sockets with BG Nexus Wiring Devices!
2010 blog stats for the SparksDirect blog – the most read articles at Blog Sparks Direct
Posted by admin in articles at Sparks, ask Mr Sparks, consumer units, electrical products, in-house announcements, lighting systems, new technologies, products pictures, standards and regulations, switches and sockets, website update on January 7, 2011
Since everyone these days is talking / bragging about their stats, some even inventing top 10 lists and other Best of the Best posts, here we are with a small list of the top 10 pages you, our visitors, paid most attention to in year 2010. Based on the StatPress statistics WordPress gracefully and freely offers, one can see which posts are most “interesting” or “sought for”. You will have to understand though, most of these articles may not be “of interest” to you personally, but people search online for the things they need, and here’s what they find 
We hope that the quality of the articles on our website is improving, and we’re looking forward to more engaging conversations with the visitors and the customers – on the blog!
- The Full Hager Consumer Units Guide to the 17th Edition Wiring Regulations – Part 1 and Part 2(Consumer Unit arrangements) – For well over one hundred years the Wiring Regulations have provided the rules which must be followed to make sure that electrical installations are safe. The introduction of the 17th Edition of the Wiring Regulations on the 1st January 2008 has major implications for all Electrical Contractors, Designers and Consultants. Installations designed from 1st July 2008 must comply with this new set of Regulations. [continue reading...]
- Xenon lights – concealed lighting – picture gallery 2 – All I can say is WOW. Just take a look and admire the following pictures of some more applications(see the first X-Flex picture gallery) of the X-Flex technology of the Xenon lights – from the restaurants to the bathroom and shower lights, conference rooms and bedrooms – you can apply this new technology to everywhere your imagination leads you! [view the pictures...]
- RCD – Residual Current Device, principle of operation; RCD, RCCB, RCBO, CBR and SRCD – What is a RCD? RCD – Residual Current Device – is a generic term for all types of residual current operated device which by definition is: A mechanical switching device or association of devices intended to cause the opening of the contacts when the residual current attains a given value under specified conditions[continue reading...]
- IP rating in the bathrooms – bathroom IP zoning – What is IP zoning, especially for bathrooms? We have also written about IP rating in general, but what about the IP zones in a bathroom? To illustrate the IP zoning regulations, we have divided the bathroom into areas or “zones“, which are classified using the numbers 0, 1, 2[continue reading...]
- Wiring Regulations 17th Edition, BS7671, introduction to the IEE Wiring Regulations – The IET (The Institution of Engineering and Technology) put out some time ago the red-cover book containing the Wiring Regulations 17th Edition, BS 7671 (The IEE Wiring Regulations), which are the national standard to which all domestic and industrial wiring must conform[continue reading...]
- Lights – A large index of the most popular articles introducing the wall lights, spotlights, interior lights, ceiling lights, garden lights, fluorescent lights, etc – found at SparksDirect.co.uk[continue reading...]
- Bathroom lights, over mirror bathroom light, Tallin 300 and Tallin 600 – Bathroom lights – over mirror lights – some of the most recommended, most popular lights for bathrooms are the Tallin series. Today we would like to introduce 2 of the best seller over mirror lights, Tallin 300 and Tallin 600; the main difference between them being their dimensions and the lamp they use[continue reading...]
- Hager guide: Hager Junction Box Guide to the 17th Edition part 2 – this is the second part of the Hager Junction Box Guide to the 17th edition, dealing with Building regulations, downlighter junction boxes, maintenance free connections, etc[continue reading...]
- Switches – great compilation of popular articles introducing wide ranges of switches, sockets, dimmers, dimming systems, switched sockets, socket outlets, fused spurs, etc[continue reading...]
There’s a little something for everyone on our blog! Every day we’re doing our best to introduce not only the products we sell or the ranges we promote, but also some interesting facts about the Electrical Safety, some Rules and Regulations, etc. Keep an eye on the SparksDirect blog for more…