we're going to take a look at a new addition to the Knightsbridge grid switch range
you know when a box from Knightsbridge turns up there's a little bit of innovation in there
there sure is and where would you like to take us Gordon well Knightsbridge have solved one
of those problems Gary so when i think about fan isolators for bathroom extractor fans what
do you think i think of that really large switch above the door pretending it's not
there but actually really large and probably visual from the bedroom if it's an ensuite
yeah i'm not i'm not a big fan of those and then the next problem you know you're in an environment
where you want decorative wiring accessories can you get the colour you want probably not no yeah
probably what about the fusing option uh you meant to fuse them down well it depends on the
instructions so Knightsbridge have solved all of these problems with in addition to the grid switch
you can't you cannot of picked it up yep you definitely kind of picked it up because it is
three-pole there's a neutral switching line and line in there and you've put a single module grid
switch yeah and here's the this is the innovation so here it is it's tiny there's three poles in
there yeah its a 10 amp rated switch yeah that is can you flip it over for me just have a look
at the other side as well yeah wow that is very small yeah and i've also solved another problem
another problem i didn't realize there was another problem well some people just switch
those isolators off Gary okay well maybe they're in a you know a hotel room they go to the bathroom
they want to get into bed next it's going to run for 20 minutes and they're perhaps savvy enough
to understand what that large switch above the door is and they go and turn it off yeah they're
going to turn it off so the other innovation this range is obviously got the regular switch version
but we've now got a secret key switch version as well all right so in that case if you put that
in to a hotel room i couldn't do that it would be very difficult i'd have to you know perhaps search
through my keys to see if i've got one of them on it and also rented properties again isn't it
yeah a game where people yeah unintentionally off deliberately switch them off and they stay off for
a long time to end up with condensation problems and things like that so building this range into a
grid switch obviously solves lots of problems the first one being you don't necessarily have to have
the big switch above the bathroom door oh that'd be a miss one yeah so what i've done here is i've
integrated it here into a triple gang plate right since we've got here linked to this fan and the
fuse so i'm thinking there that when i look in the manufacturer's instructions for some fans it says
not to be on that five or six amp lighting circuit to be fused down individually is that
right yeah the fuse is down to the manufacturing instructions so yeah you can have a fuse you
can have your functional light switch and the integrated into there obviously put the secret
key switch so yeah it can save your wiring time don't need that additional box so when i turn
this the fan will come on hopefully yes oh it does yeah um so obviously i've paired this with
um some Knightsbridge fans so they also make the fans as well in coordinated colours to match the
range very nice nice black one as well so yeah black apparently at the minute is one of those
don't tell me it's the new white it is the new white yeah um so yeah so i've got that
so you switch the light on the fans come on uh switch it off as you expect to run a timer
and now i'm in my hotel room yeah and i just yeah so if your hotel room you can't switch it off but
if you want to do some maintenance we've got the secret key switch in there and we can yeah isolate
it so by operating that that's that's operated all three poles again yeah exactly wow that is tiny
and really clever and i love the two applications you gave there rented properties and hotel rooms
where you really want to leave it running on don't you yeah or i say i'm i'm not not a fan of
the big switch above the door just integrating it possibly if you don't need the fuse or you could
put the fuse somewhere else into a dual gang uh plate next to next to the the bathroom or
a toilet door okay we also looked at a metal clad range didn't we and we said in that range
that maybe that would be local to the extractor system should we cut to that yes have a look
so let's look at a practical application with this whole house ventilation system so the fan isolator
is local along with the appropriate size fuse as per manufacturer's instructions and as this is
eFIXX i know it's the flexible cable there has a ferrule on it yeah nice secure reliable connection
so we've made those connections offer obviously our neutral our switching line and our permanent
line connections going in yeah so permanent lines fed via the fuse um but i thought yeah this local
isolator is really essential for this whole house ventilation because in there there's filters
there's some sensors to set the moisture level and things like that so yeah you would need to
isolate it locally to perform mechanical and electrical maintenance okay that makes sense
so just pop the remaining cables in and then we can put our fan isolator into our grid mounting
frame and am i right in thinking it goes in bottom first and hinges into the top yes just change so
they are labelled top so you can obviously get the switch around the right way up so
just click them in and then yeah bring in the the frame for the metal clad finish so front
plate goes on i'm expecting these screws to be uh horizontal or vertical what are you going for
just have to wait and see all right the surprise i've used this with a mini trunk
ink and a handy adapter that adapts the mini trunking to the knockout in the top of that
metal clamp box i almost didn't notice it so it shows you how good that is yes hopefully
that should create a tidy installation for vertical and as we step back to that's a
whole house ventilation system probably housed in a cupboard within the installation local isolation
is it okay if you show us some of this assembly process you went through yeah so again
i've got the let's build a stealthy black version up here so the yoke itself will accommodate up to
four switches obviously the fan scenarios here we've got three including the fuse so it comes
with this handy spacer module so you can get it exactly spaced for three modules so i'll take
our fuse module going in with the black that's matt black isn't it yeah that's the matt black
they're doing matt white they do it in white they also do it in polished and brushed chrome
i'm alright and thinking that's right here so we've got these different finishes here so a
little chrome yeah and again with uh the screwless and the raised front plates and the flat plates
as well so yeah so this is compatible with all of the range and what you're building up for me here
so i've built up a version in black which is obviously fuse uh switch and fan isolator and
now again if this was the functional switch for the bathroom you'd probably go for the key switch
option as well what we did yeah and then you put that together and then you just click your front
on and i've got a nice stealthy uh switch and i can match that up with this black fan as well
yeah i do yeah i like that i wouldn't suggest it's the new white it's a little bit dark for
the new white but that's uh yeah in the right place that's a lovely looking colour in it
yeah um so yeah i think that's all yeah solved a problem that's out there and yeah that should keep
a lot of people happy and make electrician's lives easier yeah and we like that he at eFIXX but as
always we're interested in your comments have you fitted one of these fan isolators that goes in a
single module of a grid switch from Knightsbridge already are you thinking about fitting them in the
future is it something you think is brilliant and why didn't you think of it before because
that's what we thought of it when it came in are you currently fitting a fuse to downgrade your
fan because the manufacturer's instructions require it please leave those comments below
is there something in the Knightsbridge range that you think is an absolute gem and you'd like us to
review it again leave that in the comments me and Gordon will try and get back to as many as we can