Mr Resistor

Mr Resistor, lighting specialist in London since 1968

Mr Resistor is a British lighting supplier that has been operating since 1968 and presents itself as a sector specialist in the United Kingdom. Its activity combines the sale of lighting and control products with a design service, and it serves both residential and commercial projects. The company distributes throughout the United Kingdom from its two showrooms in London, in Wandsworth and Fulham.

Indoor and outdoor lighting catalogue

The catalogue covers indoor and outdoor lighting, as well as electrical and control components. Featured categories include downlights, track lighting, outdoor lighting, switches and sockets, commercial lighting, wall lights, LED strips, bathroom lighting, pendant lights, spotlights and light bulbs.

• Indoor: ceiling downlights, recessed lights, spotlights, pendants, tracks and light systems, flush mounts, surface downlights, LED panels, floor and table lights, wall lights, bedside lights, picture lights, low level lights, LED tape strips, profiles and extrusions, fluorescent strip, LED neon flex and ropelight.
• Bathroom and kitchen: downlights, flush mounts, spotlights, wall lights, mirror lights, low level lights, ground uplights, LED tape strips, under cabinet lights, LED linear strips, profiles and extrusions, display lights, colour changing downlights, LED panels and emergency lights with exit signs.
• Outdoor: wall lights, pillar lights, spotlights, lanterns, security and sensor lights, bulkheads, low level lights, brick lights, floodlights, sign lights, LED tape strips, profiles and extrusions, ropelight, LED neon flex, spike lights, ground uplights, post lights, bollard lights, table lamps and floor lamps, battery and solar lights, ceiling downlights, flush mounts, pendants, batten lights, plug & play, coastal lights and low level floodlights.
• Light bulbs: catalogue by lamp type and by cap, with LED Reality anti-glare lamps, LED Series 2 anti-glare and LED Optic narrow beam lamps.
• Switches and sockets: by type (flat plate, Renaissance, screwless, raised plate, Period, Wood) and by finish (polished brass, ochre brass, satin brass, sienna brass, antique brass, antique bronze, chocolate bronze, Jordan bronze, umber bronze, dark bronze, black, chrome, polished steel, polished nickel, aluminium, satin steel, satin nickel, white primed, white, clear acrylic, wood and stone).
• Controls: Wise Controls systems, Wise boxes, smart controls, colour changing, dimming and scene setting, switching, blind controls, wireless and wired keypads, LED dimmers, remotes and keyfobs, plates, interfaces, heating, sensors and accessories; Lutron RA2 Select systems, Lutron Vive, Homeworks, panels, cable and interfaces, Multi Dim, multiway dimmer modules, in-line dimmers, remote dimmers, DALI drivers, interfaces, smart dimmers, Tuya drivers, Casambi drivers, switch packs, sockets, security, lampholders, bulbs, colour change controls, Wise wireless controls, DMX controls, LED RF remote controllers, Mode eDin system, in-line impulse dimmers, Feelux transformers, interfaces, sensors, power supplies, control modules, dimming modules and switching modules.
• Electrical: cable and wiring, fabric cable, cable accessories, junction boxes and connectors, conduit, back boxes, floor boxes, plugs, extension sockets, outdoor switches and sockets, fuses, batteries, ceiling, wall, door and cabinet sensors, exterior lighting accessories, lampholders and adaptors, ceiling roses, pendant kits, ceiling hooks, ceiling chain, candle drips, lampshades, table and floor lamp switches, table and floor lamp dimmers, pull cord switches, immersion control, exterior heater control, LED drivers and transformers, DALI LED drivers and interfaces, halogen transformers, fluorescent transformers, metal halide ballasts, extractor fans for table, floor and ceiling, fire hoods, CO, heat and fire alarms, security, security switch, time lag and doorbells.

Configurable systems and design service

The company offers online configurators to size complete systems: 24V clip-in track (Slim Duet LED Track), 48V magnetic track (Laser Magnetic Track), 24V linear profile (Inter-Plus LED Profile), plaster-in downlights (Rigel Trimless Downlights) and 12V garden lighting (Plug & Play Garden Lighting). In each case, the customer indicates the shape and the elements and the company calculates the track, corners, joints and driver, draws the plan and adds each part to the basket.

It also provides a lighting design service with free consultations for residential or commercial projects, in which ideas, guidance and specification are discussed. It also has a configurator to design the garden, placing the spike lights and calculating each component.

New arrivals and featured products

The site shows a new arrivals section with indicative prices excluding VAT: LED MR11 bulbs from £5.68, LED G24d-1 from £8.02, Lotus pictures from £75.00, Lutron RA2 Pico wireless controls from £124.18, Steko extrusion profile for stairs from £2.48, Laser Ultra Slim 48V recessed magnetic track from £6.98, LED tape extrusion profile accessories from £0.48, Krav extrusion profile for glass from £35.04, Rigel Trimless downlights from £2.40, Frisbee downlights from £48.16, Gamma bulkheads from £119.27, dimmable LED drivers from £43.00, FLX Stix NDFree 240V dimmable strips from £16.06, heat shrink from £14.50, LED Opal bulbs from £9.96 and LED Super COB 10W 240V accessories from £0.20.

Featured products include Trimless downlights, Super Focus LED spotlights (GU10 and GU11 dimmable, CRI92, up to 1200 lm and with selectable colour options), plug & play garden spike lights with no mains wiring, the Super COB 240V LED strip with no dots, IP67, cuttable every 100 mm and in eight colours, Wise Box kits to switch garden and home circuits by radio up to 200 m, DALI-2 dimmers and modules for commercial and whole-home projects, and the Serpent Plus system of straight and curved LED modules that join magnetically to form rings, circuits and serpentines.

Brands distributed

The catalogue includes brands such as Airflow, Aromas del Campo, Artemide, Astro, Betec, Collingwood, Crompton, Feelux, Flos, Focus SB, Franklite, Fritz Hansen, GE Lighting, illuminati, Klus, LED United, Lightpoint, Lutron, Megaman, MK, Multidim, Nordlux, Orac, Roger Pradier, Timeguard, Wago, Wise Controls and Wiska.

Two London showrooms and nationwide delivery

Mr Resistor serves from two showrooms in London, in Wandsworth and Fulham, where it is possible to see the lighting in operation, try the controls and receive specialist advice. The company ships throughout the United Kingdom and offers free delivery on orders over £20 in mainland UK. It also provides flexible credit options with instalment payments.