Flat Plates & Other Bits

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Looking at screwless flat plates (the faceplates for power sockets, light switches etc) and I quite like some designs in the brushed steel range from BG and LAP. I've been advised by the electrical shop im buying it from that Hamilton are the best.

Have any of you had experience with different manufacturers of faceplates and are there really any differences between them as long as they're all 13amp?

For Extractor Fans and Ventilation
I have 3 rooms which need extractor fans, 2 bathrooms and a server room.
1 bathroom and the server room are under the stairs in a mid-terrace so there is no ventilation/air flow. What's the best solution for flexibility like having the fans on when needed only? I was thinking something like an Envirovent Silent 4 inch extractor fan wall mounted (on plasterboard) which is mains connected so can be switched on and off when I want. I'd probably go for one that runs 24/7 on low setting to at least extract the air and create some airflow and then with its humiditor it would increase in speed when needed. Any suggestions there?
 
LAP are budget price and quality... BG is better but not brilliant.

Checkout the MK edge range, good, but dear!

For the server room, you could have the extract fan on a stat so it only runs when the temperature exceeds a set point. This is what is normally done (on a bigger scale) in plant rooms where there is a lot of heat producing equipment (refrigertion condensors etc)
 
thanks Adam

I am thinking about getting Envirovent T100 for the server room as it has an option to run at 10db 24/7 and so should hopefully continously suck out warm air from a 1m x 1m server room (under the stairs) which will have a 24-port switch, 2 sky boxes, router, modem, htpc and other bits and bobs.

Do you think this will be enough or do i need to ask builder to cutout a hole in the door for an air-in take fan pushing cold air into the room near ground level?
 
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