KEMPS Switches & Sockets

Switches and Sockets from the KEMPS Modular series are manufactured by Vinayak Electricals, an ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturer with over 30 years in electrical accessories. The range is made in Mumbai and supplied to dealers, distributors and projects across India.

What is in the range

KEMPS switches come in five designs: PEONY, DAISY, ORCHID, VINCA and ASTER. PEONY, DAISY and ORCHID are each made as 1-module switches, in 10 AX (1-way, 2-way and bell push) and 20 AX (1-way, 2-way and 1-way with indicator), and as 2-module switches: 20 AX 1-way, 2-way and 1-way with indicator, 10 AX bell pushes with and without indicator, and a 32 AX double pole switch with indicator. VINCA is 1-module only, in the same 10 AX and 20 AX line-up. ASTER is 2-module only, made either as two switches side by side or as one switch. Four 2-module power sockets complete the range: a 6 A 3 pin socket (K191), the same socket with shutter (K192), and two 6 A and 16 AX universal sockets with shutter (K193, and K194 in the SUMO version).

White or grey

Every KEMPS switch and power socket is made in white and in grey, and each colour has its own code: the white codes run from K101 to K194, and each grey code is the white one plus 400, so the white 10 AX 1-way PEONY switch is K101 and the grey one K501. The grey version has a higher MRP than the white on every KEMPS line in the catalogue. Where a card on this page carries a K500 code, it is the grey version that is photographed and priced.

ASTER: twin and single switches

An ASTER twin module puts two switches side by side in 2 modules: two 10 AX switches (a 1-way pair, a 2-way pair, a 1-way with a 2-way, or a 1-way with a bell push), two 20 AX switches (a 1-way pair, a 2-way pair, or a 1-way with a 2-way), or one 10 AX and one 20 AX 1-way switch, K175. The single ASTER switches are 2-module too: 20 AX 1-way, 2-way and 1-way with indicator, a bell push with and without indicator, and a 32 A double pole switch.

Choosing a KEMPS switch

Every design has 10 AX switches for everyday points such as lights and fans, and 20 AX switches for a heavier load on a circuit of its own. Where one light is switched from two places, such as the top and bottom of a staircase, fit a pair of 2-way switches. A double pole switch breaks both the live and the neutral at once; PEONY, DAISY, ORCHID and ASTER each have a 32 A one.

Which plates they fit

Every KEMPS switch and socket fits every KEMPS plate range, so the switch design and the plate are chosen separately. The plates are PEONY, ORCHID, DAISY and ASTER; VINCA switches have no plate range of their own and fit all four. The KEMPS accessories (TV and telephone sockets, dimmers, fan regulators, indicators) are on their own page.

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