I have put my sockets 6 inches above worktops (150mm) that ok??
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Shouldn't you have found that out before doing it?
Who signed the EIC/MEIWC for design and construction?
Is the circuit RCD protected?
Was it a new circuit?
6" is OK from the POV of getting plugs in without having to bend cables too sharply, but if these are kitchen worktops you'll probably find that they are infuriatingly low.
Who signed the EIC/MEIWC for design and construction?
Is the circuit RCD protected?
Was it a new circuit?
6" is OK from the POV of getting plugs in without having to bend cables too sharply, but if these are kitchen worktops you'll probably find that they are infuriatingly low.
Yes 150mm is fine - though it is the minimum height recommended above the work surface - (source the IEE electricians guide to the building regulations).
I've got mine about 450mm above.
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So you have horrible flexes hanging around everywhere on show. A lot of appliances now like toasters kettles etc come with very short flexes and I wonder if they would even allow the appliance to sit flat on the work top at that height.
I always fit at 150mm.
I you have any, that must be very close to the wall units.
Never known any to be that short.
But I have known plenty of toasters and kettles etc to be more than 150mm tall.
Not too close.
I was a bit rough and ready with my measuring - the bottoms of my sockets are 410mm on one side of the kitchen, 430mm on the other, space between the tops of them and the wall units 130mm & 90mm.
In my daughter's (very low ceilinged kitchen) that would probably place them at least partially inside the wall units! More generally, I'm with flyingsparks on this one - I personally think that, in any kitchen, 450mm is far too high for convenience (possibly also safety).
Kind Regards, John
Yeah that is rough
Unless of course your sockets are level and the worktops are at different levels
Well, it's still rough, but it's a different trade's fault.
Fair enough.
I personally think that, in any kitchen, it's good to be able to access the sockets without having to move appliances out of the way. Maybe you're the sort of person with the dedication and cupboard space to put things away when not in use, but in my kitchen, like in many others', things like the kettle are out all the time, and having had more than one of those with a light action switch at the base which is very easily knocked on by accident, I appreciate being able to switch it off at the socket.
Or unless I've re-done one side of the kitchen and put the sockets where I want them, and not done the other wall yetYeah that is rough
Unless of course your sockets are level and the worktops are at different levels
Are you really going to go to the hassle of moving the sockets on that other wall by 20mm?!Or unless I've re-done one side of the kitchen and put the sockets where I want them, and not done the other wall yet
Kind Regards, John
I agree.
Same here. Nearly everything is out nearly all the time!
However, perhaps I have a little more wall space than you, because we avoid the problem to which you refer by not positioning things in front of the sockets!
Kind Regards, John
Yes, because they are too few and in the wrong place.
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