Some aspects about sockets and switches assembling

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Some aspects about sockets and switches assembling

Once we have set up what lights we will assemble, of course, we will have to make decisions about the sockets and switches assembling, so you can easily use the lights. In this regard, there are some aspects that need to be taken into account, because they can not be assembled at random.

To ease the process of upgrading the electric part and to have a good discussion with the specialist of sockets and switches assembling, we will go through some useful things below.

Useful rules for sockets and switches assembling or some tips about how to facilitate the use of assembled lights.

If you have to assemble the sockets, you should know that they have to meet certain standards and there are even normatives in this sense.

In schools, in classrooms – the sockets should be mounted at a height of at least 2 m.

In small children’s buildings, such as nurseries, kindergartens, orphanages, pediatric hospitals or dormitories, the sockets should be assembled at a height of at least 1.5 m.

In shower rooms, bath rooms, kitchens or laundry rooms – the sockets should be assembled at least 1 m high.

The switches or commutators are always assembled on the phase conductors and must also be at least 0.5 m away from the light.

In addition to the above norms, the sockets and switches assembling manual labour must also fit in some aesthetic norms. Here are other rules that need to be taken into account in practice.

The assembling of the sockets must be at least 0.3 m from the door frame or the edge of the wall and at height of at least 0.4 m from the floor.

The assembling of the sockets in the kitchen shall be at a height of 1.5 m from the floor.

The assembling of the sockets for the electric or thermal centrals must also be 1.5 meters height from the floor.

The switches or commutators will be placed at least 0.3 m from the door frame or the edge of the wall and at a height of 0.8 m from the floor to make it easier to operate.

In the case of switches or commutators, care must be taken as how they are positioned – so during the assembling, it must be taken into account that the light should light up if the bottom of the button is pressed. In the case of switches or the commutators with light, their LED will be down to indicate in the dark the place where to operate.

Other aspects related to the assembling of the sockets and switches

The sockets and the switches can be buried in the wall. There are sockets and switches that have protective contacts – a copper contact that is caught by the branch circuit or by a metallic pipe preferably of hot water.

Only sockets resistant to a high degree of weather resistance can be assembled in the bathroom.

During the assembling of the sockets for shaving devices – usually near the sink – it should be taken into account that they are powered by a suitable voltage transformer that does not have a power greater than 15 watts.

The assembling of the tight sockets is always done in the vertical plane and is done with screws fixed in the gripping ears with which the sockets are  fitted.

The switches or commutators are assembled by screwing into the wall. They have some feet provided with bolts and holes for screws.

If we assemble a switch on a wooden wall, it is very important that it is placed on a non-combustible plate – preferably a metal plate. This plate between switch and the wooden wall will provide the wall protection in case of fire.