27ready-made designs to size
50 mmthickest mild steel
48 hfree quotation
£15.80minimum order, ex VAT
About these parts
Switch and socket faceplates, gland and backplates, earth and neutral bars, busbar links and solar clamp blanks.
Who orders them: Electrical contractors and panel builders, in mild steel, stainless or aluminium. Copper busbar is not cut here; send us the steel and aluminium parts.
Open any design below in the Nesting Studio, type in your sizes, holes and quantity, and the price updates as you go. Identical parts share one part mark and are nested together on the sheet.
Designs in the shape library
- Single-gang wall plate (86 × 86)UK single-gang plate, 86 × 86 mm with two fixing holes at 60.3 mm centres: blank, switch aperture or grommet hole.
- Double-gang wall plate (146 × 86)UK double-gang plate, 146 × 86 mm with fixing holes at 120.6 mm centres and two apertures or blank.
- Busbar linkFlat busbar link with a hole (or slot) at each end; cut in copper or aluminium.
- Busbar angle linkL-shaped flat busbar link for turning a corner between bars, with a hole at each end.
- Earth boss / bonding plateSmall earth bonding plate with a central stud hole and two fixing holes, etched with an earth mark.
- Enclosure mounting backplateMounting backplate for an electrical enclosure: radiused corners, four slotted corner fixings and an optional DIN-rail hole grid.
- Meter board plateSteel meter board with a grid of fixing holes and grommet holes for meter tails.
- Cable gland stripLong gland strip with a row of holes for cable glands (M20, M25 or M32 clearances).
- Lighting column doorAccess door for a lighting column: obround panel with a lock hole and a hinge tab.
- Junction box lidLid for a steel adaptable box: radiused corners and four corner screw holes (sizes common to 75–300 mm boxes).
- DIN rail style stripFlat 35 mm-wide rail strip with long slots at regular centres, as the blank for a folded top-hat rail.
- Busbar support plateSteel plate that carries busbar insulators: row of insulator holes on a chosen pitch and fixing slots.
- Switch plate, tripleThree-gang switch faceplate with three rocker apertures and two fixing holes on 120.6 mm centres.
- Socket faceplate, singleSingle socket faceplate with a rectangular socket aperture between two fixing holes on 60.3 mm centres.
- Socket faceplate, doubleTwin socket faceplate with two apertures and fixing holes on 120.6 mm centres.
- Blanking platePlain blanking plate for an unused one- or two-gang back box, with fixing holes at standard centres.
- Multi-way earth barEarth bar with a row of conductor holes and two slotted mounting holes at the ends.
- Neutral link barNeutral link bar with two staggered rows of terminal holes and end fixing holes.
- Busbar flag terminalFlag terminal for a busbar: a square tab with two bolt holes on a narrower neck with the busbar bolt hole.
- Busbar tee linkTee-shaped busbar link joining a run to a branch, with bolt holes in all three arms.
- Cable ladder splice plateSplice plate joining two cable ladder side rails, with two rows of slotted bolt holes.
- Cable tray couplerFlat coupler for perforated cable tray, with round holes for the tray and slots for adjustment.
- EV charger post plateBase plate for an EV charger post with a cable entry slot and four anchor holes.
- Solar mid clamp blankMid clamp blank for PV panels: a T-head with a central bolt slot, before folding.
- Solar end clamp blankEnd clamp blank for PV panels: a stepped profile with a bolt slot.
- Consumer unit blanking stripBlanking strip for a DIN consumer unit or distribution board, with break-out tabs marked as etch lines.
- Terminal block mounting plateMounting plate for a row of terminal blocks with slotted fixings and a cable tie slot row.
Typical prices
Worked out live from current rates for parts like these in mild steel, ex VAT. Click a row to open it in the Nesting Studio and change it.
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