Socket under sink

[FiremanT]

My daughter just texted to say that she has just noticed a plug and socket under the sink , for the dishwasher.

This is a brand new house. I told her it may seem a little strange but is probably within the regs.

Can you confirm it is still allowable, please?

Thanks

 

[Higgy28]

Yes, sockets can be in the cupboard under the sink

 

[EFLImpudence]

It's fine - you do not have to move the sink.

 

[FiremanT]

It's fine - you do not have to move the sink.

Thank Christ for that!

Already hung a million curtains and blinds etc.

 

[SUNRAY]

Thank Christ for that!

Already hung a million curtains and blinds etc.

Funny that isn't it?

I thought I'd given her away but I still get; "Daaaad?"

Actually my name changed years back to; "Granddaaaad?"

 

[FiremanT]

Funny that isn't it?

I thought I'd given her away but I still get; "Daaaad?"

Actually my name changed years back to; "Granddaaaad?"

Exactly the same here.

Great, isn’t it?

 

[Wayners]

I was on a job where fuse box was under sink. Makes no sense.

 

[Taylortwocities]

I was on a job where fuse box was under sink. Makes no sense.

Same here. Usually the Fusebox was there before the sink got relocated.

 

[JohnD]

It's permitted but IMO undesirable.

I'd consider swapping it for a weatherproof "outdoor" one with the cable entering from underneath and a lid that will shut with a plug in it.

 

[ericmark]

I had/have one under sink, last house it worked waste disposal unit, this house dish washer.

 

[SUNRAY]

Why is everyone getting concerned?
would you have the same questions if it's in the cupboard adjacent to the sink?

 

[pcaouolte]

Why is everyone getting concerned?
would you have the same questions if it's in the cupboard adjacent to the sink?

Or behind the washing machine or dishwasher?

 

[DetlefSchmitz]

Or on any downstairs wall when there are pipes in the ceiling? And yes, I've had a leak upstairs run into a conduit and come out inside a socket back-box downstairs.

 

[SUNRAY]

Or on any downstairs wall when there are pipes in the ceiling? And yes, I've had a leak upstairs run into a conduit and come out inside a socket back-box downstairs.

Me too, fortunately at work in the workshop, not at home.

Also at work on a customers site an emergency stop button for a rooftop chiller mounted above the contactor which was mounted above the isolator with conduit couplings. Conduit from bottom of isolator through wall to bottom of horizontal trunking which turned a corner and dropped several floors then into horizontal trunking and then with big brass bushes ~4" and couplings into top of control panel, where the water ran down the wires to the internal slotted trunking and dispersed into the top a row of MCBs, the insides of one had rotted and failed (for a completely different circuit).
Seeing the water damage I insulation tested and found a problem on the chiller wiring and hence the contactor, it was easy to trace the water marks in the salty atmosphere.

My instruction for repair: replace the faulty MCB and contactor, when I returned with parts I found a hood around the E stop fashioned from an ice cream container.

 

[sparkwright]

A lot of hysteria in the world about electrics under kitchen sinks.

Yet it's ceiling lights and pull switches that get soaked when there's a leak...