Socket Within 1 Metre Of Cold Water Tap

[r.b]

Is this a code 2 potentially dangerous i would say your thoughts?

 

[m4tty]

Inside house or outside. Standard socket or ip rated if outside. More info needed to get the picture

 

[NozSpark]

Well... good practice says no less than 300mm away from a sink... regs say that it should be suitable for its environment...

In the end only the man on the ground can make the decision as to what (if any) code is required

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

Is this a code 2 potentially dangerous i would say your thoughts?

I Doubt it is dangerous at all....   either immediately OR potentially....

There are millions of properties in the UK where the kitchens are so small that it is impossible NOT to have an electrical accessory within 1 meter of the sink & taps!!

As has been said..

There is NO regulation saying any distances from any taps..

But then ..

anyone doing a PIR..

would be competent enough for the installations they are inspecting and already know this??

Possibly a 5WW trying to generate work would call it dangerous!?

:coat

 

[Andy™]

Is this a code 2 potentially dangerous i would say your thoughts?

have a look at BS7671.

but the fact your saying this is a code 2 suggests your attempting to carry out an EICR, which the fact you think a socket within 1mtr of a tap is dangerous, shows you are way out of your depth

 

[Manator]

I would say no code given the fact that as the replies above suggest some installs would be impossible to comply.

I have just installed a socket 400mm away from a sink, the client requested it for a specific reason, personally I would not do it, the socket is not the problem and can be as safe as houses, its what's eventually plugged into it that is my concern.

 

[ProDave]

It's handy to be able to refill the kettle without unplugging it :coat :yellow card

 

[Andy™]

It's handy to be able to refill the kettle without unplugging it :coat :yellow card

those kettle with bases that dont need unplugged must not have reached Scotland yet

 

[sprocketflup]

Its a surprise that electricity has tbh

 

[OnOff]

The 300mm "rule" is cited in writing in the IET's guide to the Building Regs for deffo along with a pretty picture. In the NICEIC Snags & Solutions Part 2 book there's a whole two pages devoted to sockets / sinks........basically says "not less than 300mm, ideally not less than about 1000mm". They actually use the word "about"! They're very good at covering all bases as ever.

Plenty out there at around the 300mm mark though. Ideal for that old 3-bar fire you found in Mum's loft!

Let's face it, in the kitchen you could trip over the cat and drench a socket miles from the sink!

 

[revor]

 I remember a story from years ago of someone being electrocuted whilst washing up at the sink. The kettle was the old type with an element and an overheat device that ejected the plug out of the socket. Seemingly the housewife had switched  the kettle on with little or no water in it and the plug to the element got ejected into the washing up bowl. Don't know if anyone else heard that one but it must be 40 yrs or more since I heard of it. We had a similar kettle and made sure we never used a socket near the sink.

 

[OnOff]

 I remember a story from years ago of someone being electrocuted whilst washing up at the sink. The kettle was the old type with an element and an overheat device that ejected the plug out of the socket. Seemingly the housewife had switched  the kettle on with little or no water in it and the plug to the element got ejected into the washing up bowl. Don't know if anyone else heard that one but it must be 40 yrs or more since I heard of it. We had a similar kettle and made sure we never used a socket near the sink.

Do Argos do them.......can't think of what to get her this year?

 

[sprocketflup]

My missus has asked for something nice to use in the bath, so ive got her a toaster

 

[Blue Duck]

:slap

In the early days of baby duck I used to tell Mrs Duck I'm going to have a bath..... with the toaster :slap  

 

[binky]

getting back to the post, it sounds like its not in a bathroom, so not a special location. Unless socket is located where it would be splashed with water, like underneath it, then its unlikely to be dangerous. A picture would be useful. But I'm guessing a socket in a utility room in which case same regs as kitchens apply.

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

 I remember a story from years ago of someone being electrocuted whilst washing up at the sink. The kettle was the old type with an element and an overheat device that ejected the plug out of the socket. Seemingly the housewife had switched  the kettle on with little or no water in it and the plug to the element got ejected into the washing up bowl. Don't know if anyone else heard that one but it must be 40 yrs or more since I heard of it. We had a similar kettle and made sure we never used a socket near the sink.

Not heard that but can believe it. My mum still uses one of those kettles ( a chrome Swan one at least 30 years old)  and moans about how difficult it is to unplug. She has a nice new 'cordless' type one in the cupboard that she refuses to use until the old one breaks. She's 92  & i doubt it will see any use by her.