English light switches?

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01/11/2013 - 15:46

Hello,We are in the process of building a new house in Abruzzo and our builder and all other tradesmen have been great. However, we are now about to select light switches and all the available European lines look too big and clumsy ('fist-operated' springs to mind! - sorry). We would like to use English stainless steel flat-plate switches and dimmers which are contemporary and elegant. Unfortunately our electrician is unsure if they comply with Italian regulations and I can't find any descent info on the net. Does anyone have any experience with this or knows where I can look for more info?Many thanksMagnaub

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You would need to get English switch plates which fit the standard Italian boxes, and the cover plates would have to be appropriate for the placca on the Italian box. Italian electiricains tend to want to get more wires through a box, so they are normally deeper than UK boxes.  Here is a page with (surely!) an Italian light switch to meet any aesthetic demands.  http://www.archiexpo.it/fabbricante-architettura-design/interruttore-211...

stand by to see some mad stuff ... it must the regs that make the electricians put a switch at EVERY door way even if there is a switch just a foot or two away that does the same job. The best tip I can give you is to ask for a separate light circuit to lighting sockets in eack corner of your salone (where table lamps tend to be). Then with one switch all the table lamps will go on instead of groping round them all trying to remember where the switches are.

stand by to see some mad stuff ... it must the regs that make the electricians put a switch at EVERY door way even if there is a switch just a foot or two away that does the same job. The best tip I can give you is to ask for a separate light circuit to lighting sockets in eack corner of your salone (where table lamps tend to be). Then with one switch all the table lamps will go on instead of groping round them all trying to remember where the switches are.