⚡ Gardner Bender GSW 31 Electrical Terminal: A Reliable and Safe Solution for Electrical Connections Review

This is a handy cheap plastic switch, handy in an emergency. I wouldn't trust this thing in a high traffic or critical infrastructure installation (like health and safety) due to the lack of the obviously cheap switching element (which fortunately is in a clear plastic cover so you can see what it can't rely on). . For our purposes we simply install it in an uncritical skylight cabinet. If it were for something more important, like porch or hallway lighting, I would definitely buy something…

This switch is designed for dual speed fans that require an on/off switch with a normal off position. It differs slightly from the single lever, triple switch commonly used on ceiling fans. It does not come with pigtail wires attached, instead it uses spring loaded wire entry points to secure the wires. I'm not a fan of this attachment method. The wires going there from the fan motor weren't solid, so I was worried they connected well to the spring-loaded insertion points. I ended up soldering…

This is great! I have a ceiling fan that has an odd angle for the pull chain. About every 2-3 years it becomes almost impossible to pull and for a while I didn't really get what was going on but after about 10 years I realized I had to replace the pull chain derailleur for the 5th time. So I looked it over carefully and saw that the chain had worn a channel through the guide causing it to bind almost every time it was pulled and when friends who weren't used to it tried it Turning on or off…