Here Scolmore takes a look at three key wiring accessories ranges from Click: Mode - the simple, white accessories range that is the bread and butter for the electrical contractor: MiniGrid - the vast comprehensive range of mounting plates and modules that provides installers with the opportunity to create millions of customised switching solutions: GridPro - the extensive range of interchangeable mounting plates and modules offering the ultimate in flexible, modular grid solutions.
Mode
Since it first launched the range back in 2006, Scolmore’s Click Mode white wiring accessories have remained the company’s best-selling wiring accessories collection to date.
Mode was conceived and developed as a high quality, flexible and modern solution for virtually any domestic wiring requirement. The smooth, contemporary lines of the accessory plate will fit easily into traditional and contemporary designs alike and the modular design allows installers unprecedented flexibility in creating dedicated wiring solutions to deal with specific wiring needs.
When selecting wiring accessories installers have often had to compromise their schemes as they have been unable to identify a suitably modular solution to satisfy their ideas. Mode accessories have been providing that flexibility, with a comprehensive selection of products ranging from the humble light switch and socket outlet through to more specialised products dealing with the very latest developments in telephone and satellite products.
Advanced hygiene properties
All Mode products are manufactured using Urea Formaldehyde, which has similar inherent properties to antimicrobial additives that inhibit the growth of infectious diseases. All products independently tested achieved a 99.99% kill off rate across all four types of the strains of bacteria - MRSA, E-Coli, Salmonella, Klebsiella Pneumonia and enveloped viruses.
Mode plates have also been independently tested and have shown to have anti-viral properties against enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. After a contact period of 4 hours, Mode was shown to have a 99.99% kill off rate against enveloped viruses and a 92% kill off rate against non-enveloped viruses. It has also achieved 99.98% kill off rate against influenza A(H1N1) after a 24 hour period.
Quality assured
The standard used to qualify Scolmore’s products is ISO 22196. The standard ISO 22916 test method is designed to test the ability of plastics and other similar materials to kill or prevent the growth of microorganisms, over a 24 hour period of contact. ISO 22196 is one of the most commonly requested antimicrobial surface test methods for evaluating the antimicrobial activity of antibacterial treated plastic products.
Contractors will have the additional reassurance that all Scolmore BS1363 products – in particular socket outlets – are third party approved and bear the BSI Kitemark logo. The company has held this certification for over 25 years – a clear demonstration of the company’s commitment to adhering to the highest standards of quality and safety of the products it supplies to the professional electrical market.
Making the most of MiniGrid
The extensive MiniGrid range of mounting plates and modules from Click Scolmore provides installers with the opportunity to create a vast number of customised switching solutions on site.
With more than 175 unfurnished plates and in excess of 750 interchangeable modules available – there is the opportunity to create literally millions of combinations. All the Click MiniGrid plates are modular as standard so whether you are using the Click Mode white moulded plastic range or decorative metal plates such as Deco and Deco Plus, you can achieve any arrangement and finished look that best suits the project/application in hand.
It is this modular switch arrangement standard in both mounting plates and modules that has proved to be a highly valued facility amongst designers and installers alike. The MiniGrid modules are all easily and quickly exchanged or mounted onto unfurnished plates by means of a simple single screw fixing, saving both time and money.
The MiniGrid range comprises 1-and 2-gang unfurnished plates with a range of aperture configurations including 1, 2 x 2, 2 x 3 and 6-in-line apertures, plus 2 Tier MiniGrid plates with 12 or 18 apertures and 3 Tier plates with 18 apertures. The possibilities are limitless.
Getting to grips with GridPro
The extensive GridPro range of interchangeable mounting plates and modules offers installers the ultimate in flexible, modular grid solutions, allowing them to create multi-function 1 to 24 gang plates which integrate with Scolmore’s vast Click wiring accessories range.
Unique to GridPro is the screw attachment feature, which means that no yoke is required for any modules when using 1-4 gang plates – the modules can be simply screwed directly onto the plates. This has the added benefit of allowing the installer to use standard back boxes. Additionally, all GridPro modules have a clipping feature, which makes for easy removal and assembly. The versatile GridPro plate can be populated to perform multiple tasks using a combination of GridPro and New Media modules. As well as a wide range of modules to choose from, all switch modules are 20A rated making them ideal for both domestic and commercial applications.
Full details of Click Mode, Minigrid and GridPro, are available to view on the Scolmore Group website – www.scolmore.com – as well as on the Scolmore Group app.