Farmboy:Talking of socket position, this one was installed a few days ago. Is this a good position?
According to the customer, the electrician advised them that ...the regulations have been updated and it’s now a recommended distance of 300mm.
I'd like to know where this 300mm dimension has come from. I can see nothing in BS 7671, nor in the OSG or GN's. There's also nothing I can see in the building regulations (BR's) for my country (Scotland). Therefore, I wonder whether it's in the BR's of one or more of the other three home countries (perhaps it's in the electricians guide to the BR's, which is based on English BR's, and he's decided to apply it here) or he's referring to guidance recommending that sockets should be no closer than 300mm to a sink/basin, and just applied that to this scenario.
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Farmboy:Talking of socket position, this one was installed a few days ago. Is this a good position?
According to the customer, the electrician advised them that ...the regulations have been updated and it’s now a recommended distance of 300mm.
I'd like to know where this 300mm dimension has come from. I can see nothing in BS 7671, nor in the OSG or GN's. There's also nothing I can see in the building regulations (BR's) for my country (Scotland). Therefore, I wonder whether it's in the BR's of one or more of the other three home countries (perhaps it's in the electricians guide to the BR's, which is based on English BR's, and he's decided to apply it here) or he's referring to guidance recommending that sockets should be no closer than 300mm to a sink/basin, and just applied that to this scenario.
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