Hi all
Progressing with my first fix OK, but suddenly realised that 2 of my fittings will finish close(ish) to the hob. On one side will be the cooker switch for controlling the hob only. On the other side will be a switched fused spur for power to the hood above the hob. At the moment the cooker switch is in place (existing) and there would be a distance of approx 275mm from the edge of the 600 wide hob to the centre of the switch. The switched fused spur would be a similar distance but on the other side of the hob. Is this clearance acceptable? Is there supporting text in the regs?
Another gotcha I realised is the switching of the dining room light from inside the kitchen. Coming in through the back door into the kitchen, I intend to have one way of a four gang switch control the dining room light (ie the room next to the kitchen). I have terminated the existing cables for this switch in a junction box in the kitchen loft and need to drop a switch cable. This will need to be 3 core and earth - is 1mm2 OK (and regs compliant) for switching a single fitting? All other lighting I have run in 1.5mm2, but the switch box is getting crouded! So going down to the switch I will have a live feed to the common and 2 switch wires to L1 and L2 (& cpc of course). Which colours do I use for each duty, and do I need to sleeve them? Use brown for common and sleeve the black and grey cores brown also maybe?
TIA
Phil