today we're looking at euro modules and
decorative face plates from british general
so on the table in front of me you've got a vast range of these
euro modules by british general as well as different coloured
face plates and different designs where you're going to start for
me gordon well let's start with the euro module itself because
some people might be very familiar with them because they're used extensively
for data outlets so here I've got a single module okay so they're 25mm by 50mm
is the standard euro module size so i'll just clip that into my faceplate there
here's a dual module that's HDMI something useful if you're doing AV
installations and here's some blank modules that half euro module size
just to clip in and finish making up this face plate here
this reminds me a little bit of a grid switch arrangement however it looks like
we've got vastly more accessories that can go into this system yeah so the good
thing about the euro module is this huge range of components it goes way
beyond the grid switch so you can get switch elements themselves you can get
sockets you can get brush outlets fuse connection units there's everything
in there but the good thing about the euro module is it is standardized so it's
interchangeable across a wide range of systems where grid switches aren't right
okay so i've gone white on white here with the color is there any other color
inserts that we can have other than the white one okay so bg offer these
in three color combinations there's the white we've shown there's gray and
there's black and they match the other decorative ranges within the bg range
so I've got two here so here's a black nickel with a black insert
and a chrome with a white insert so you just match to that if these are used
within the instant installation okay that's a nice touch you know they're
really nice i like the finishes on those as well so we've got inserts that can
be grey black and white and the actual surrounds themselves have they got a set
of colours yeah so they come in a whole range of colours so again there's the
white there's the brushed steel polished brass georgian brass we'll come back to
polish chrome and the black nickel we've just seen
some bad news on the Georgian brass that has been discontinued so you're
telling me that if i extend my property out uh i can't continue
the theme of the brass with the rope edge as i move forward no you can't
capture that 1980's B&B feel any more you'll have to update yourself
okay and with this range, I can see that a very contemporary look and that's it's
a beautiful finish and you can choose that finish to suit is there anywhere
else you want to go with that lovely finish well let's think about finish the
last option to pick and finish you can obviously have um screwed front plates
okay with yeah or you can have the flat plate design to match again the
flat plate range offered by bg okay i like that so let's have a little one
in your hand now then i i genuinely really really like that i can see
that being by the side of the bed main light uh bedside light and a couple of
USB charging ports which is really handy obviously for your device which is more
than just a phone i would suggest yeah well people if people have moved on
these desk areas not many people have a radio alarm clock by the side of the bed
so you're suggesting that i'm out of touch that i've got one by the
side of my bed but purely because i don't want to keep looking at my
phone because i tend to be there on social media run checking the
time yeah well we're moving on gary you've ditched the brass now start to
ditch the alarm clock and just go with this nice euro module combination there
and what i also like is let's say for instance you wanted to upgrade that to
a different style of USB charging in the future are you saying I just unclicked
this and clicking a replacement yeah you're not tied to having to replace
the whole faceplate and that is one thing i love about euro modules it's
that future upgrade ability because who knows where technology is going
okay so we've looked at that finish we've got a lovely floor socket here
do you want to talk me through the floor socket yeah so again i've combined in
this floor socket another you know a lot of people might if you've got
a conservatory or where you've got a lot of say sliding glass doors and you
want to put a socket near there but there's no way in the wall you might
fit a floor socket and I've combined a 13 amp with a 5 amp outlet in the same
plate and generally what happens with these is people don't tend to bend down
to pull out the socket outlets and they tend to hold on to lead and yank them
sometimes these become damaged so only you've got to replace the
insert the actual surround stays the same just a clicking new insert yeah
so again you're just replacing the module not the expensive metal work
that's around it and and we can continue that dual theme i've also made another
one up here that's a combination of a UK socket with a European socket
okay so let us know your comments if you've fit these i've certainly seen
them in hotels it'd be interesting to get a regs approach as to what what
that means putting the european outline german voltage is the same as ours but
obviously there's an issue there would have been a german socket outlet we've
seen that a lot and we anything else in a hotel room you want to pick up at this
stage well while we're there we might as well start at the door wait a lot of
the time you see these key switches now imagine the challenge if you're
the manufacturer of having to make a key switch in all of those different
faceplate options so because this is just a dual faceplate and this is a
euro module we can just clip that in and we've got the same surround at the door
where we'll have the same surrounds on the accessories within the actual yeah
we have a little closer look have a closer look at that
you'll see this is just again dual url module sized just clipped into
the euro module faceplate so that is a useful solution
and i can have that again in any of the colors within the bg range yeah so we've
ditched brass yeah let's think about that in some parts of the company now
especially down to London it's illegal to have plaster on the wall you've got
to strip your building back to that bare brick and it's conduit and metal
clad accessories so you can also get the euro module in metal clad as well
oh i i like that let's have a little bit closer look at that that is really
really nice so what we've got there is it solved the problem beyond the tv
we've got a couple of data points maybe feed into tv and maybe that sky box
couple of satellite tvs and a standard tv connection there and you said that's
in the standard finish off yeah so this is the metal cloud finish with the white
with white elements so that gives you that industrial look along with
a conduit say going down in that area yeah they've thought of everything they
have so that's right yeah we love euro modules and there's one more thing gary
gary's made a separate video looking at something called the combination plate
where your conventional power outlets been brought together with
masses of space for some euro modules so check out that video if you haven't
seen it this is the perfect solution to that cable clutter behind the tv
and again everyone's area beyond the tv is unique to their television
and using the euromodule system you can build it to suit your own needs
as always at efix we're interested in your comments so please make sure
you leave those below have you fitted the euro module
range from british general are you thinking of fitting it in the future
what's your feelings on the range and also we'll get back to as many
of these comments as we can along with bg so make sure you leave them below