Electric sockets and switches: distance from hobs and sinks

Sinks - amazingly neither the IEE regs nor the On-site Guide specifies any restriction, but there is new guidance in the IEE publication 'Electrician's guide to the Building Regs' section 5.2, page 56 onwards.

It suggests no sockets within 300mm of sink edge. The picture on page

Something similar for the cooker switch is shown in the picture, but the picture is not fully compatible with the text rules in 5.2.2 . At any rate switches should not be located so that you have to reach across the appliance to use them.

There's other guidane which it might be worth your checking out, or if you're kucky someone else will be along soon with it all....

HTH

Thanks - that's just what I wanted to know.

Not yet...!

Anyone got any thoughts on distances from gas hobs? I wouldn't want to melt any sockets/switches/wiring.

F wrote: /snip/

Sorry - no experience of gas, never having lived anywhere with it. However perhaps the 300mm in the Electricians Guide picture could be a good starting point? Have you tried seeing how near a gas hob you can put your hand before it fries?

I usually fit electric cooker switches around 100mm to the left or right, but electric cookers don't have the gas flame problem. Perhaps the possibility that the cook may need to turn off the cooker in an emergency & need to stretch across a cookpot which has caught fire, or is spraying steam in all directions, is a consideration.

HTH

No, perhaps that's a job for Management!

I'll remember that - thanks.

I thought there might be some regs to govern distances from gas hobs to sockets/switches. As no-one has jumped in to offer advice, perhaps not...