2 Gang 2 Way Light Switch - Ocean Blue

Colour on a light switch is a small thing that gets noticed every day, and this one wears a deep ocean blue with chrome rockers and chrome trim set against it. The plate is screwless, so the face reads as clean and uninterrupted across its width. Two rockers sit side by side on the same plate, and each works two way, so a light can be switched from here and from another position in the same room.

We reach for coloured plates where a room already has a strong palette and plain white would sit awkwardly against it, and this blue works well beside warm timber, painted panelling and the deeper wall colours people are choosing now. It earns its place in a hallway with a landing switch at the top of the stairs, in a bedroom where the ceiling light wants controlling from the door and from the bed, or in a kitchen running separate lighting circuits. Indoors and on domestic lighting circuits is where it belongs, so keep it to dry rooms and away from bathroom zones and anything exposed to weather.

The plate is moulded polycarbonate, double insulated, and light enough in the hand that the chrome inserts do most of the visual work. Cleaning wants restraint: a dry cloth for dust, a barely damp one for marks, then leave it be, because household sprays and metal polishes will dull a coloured face faster than anything else. It carries a ten year warranty. If you are refreshing a whole room, we would run the same screwless plate across every switch position on the wall; a matched line of them looks deliberate in a way that mixed plates never quite manage.

What does two way mean on this switch?

Each rocker can be wired so the same light is controlled from more than one place, for example the bottom and the top of a staircase. Both rockers can equally be used as ordinary one way switches if that is all the room needs.

How big is the plate?

It is 88mm square, so it matches the standard square plate footprint used across most UK switch and socket ranges.

What is it rated at?

The rockers are rated 10AX, which covers normal domestic lighting loads on both gangs.

Is it suitable for a bathroom or an outbuilding?

No. It is IP20 rated, intended for dry indoor rooms only, so it should not go into bathroom zones, a shower room wall or anywhere damp or unheated.

How should the blue finish be looked after?

Dust it with a dry cloth and lift fingermarks with a cloth wrung out in plain water. Avoid solvents, cream cleaners, abrasive pads and metal polish, all of which can mark or flatten the colour.

Is there a warranty?

Yes, it carries a ten year warranty from the manufacturer.