number of power sockets

[<me9]

She had it propped on the end of the bath, and it fell in.

[Guy King]

The message from contains these words:

That's embarrasingly silly. Imagine having to tell St Peter that one.

[Richard Conway]

Ahh, but the overflow hole is already being used by the immersion heater element that I use to keep the bath warm.

[Matt]

Recommended by whom?

[Mary Fisher]

What a good idea!

[Mungo]

Pathetic: you haven't lived unless you've a consumer unit installed under the taps!

Mungo :-)

[Frank Erskine]

Controlled by a knife switch?

[Guy King]

The message from Frank Erskine contains these words:

"Warm the bath, Igor!"

[Mary Fisher]

I think regs say it has to be over the taps.

Mary

[Frank Erskine]

...unless it's installed by a NICEIC-registered installer. Or a CORGI fitter.

[Mary Fisher]

In a diving bell

Mary

[John Rumm]

Na, that controls the electrode boiler that is used for rapid bath water reheats.

[David Hansen]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:32:55 +0100 someone who may be Matt wrote this:-

IIRC the IEE. Whoever it was their figures were far more realistic than government recommendations of the time.

[Matt]

That really surprises me. I recall going through a similar exercise probably around mid 1986 and finding that the numbers were *far* lower than you stated (x0.25 - x0.33). After considering the apparently excessive number I deemed useful I even contemplated splitting the existing rings into an upstairs and downstairs. I can't recall the exact source, and maybe I picked up on the "government" figures, but in hindsight think that IEE recommendations would have been much easier for me to access.

[David Hansen]

On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:07:30 +0100 someone who may be Matt wrote this:-

The area restrictions for standard circuits work well with unlimited numbers of sockets in houses.

At the time, as I recall, government recommendations were still two sockets in bedrooms. That was certainly inadequate.

[Frank Erskine]

I certainly can't see what business it is of government to say how many sockets I should have in my house :-)

[meow2222]

Nor at what height you fit them. Doesnt stop them forcing their daftisms on us though

NT

[Andy Wade]

The OSG now quotes the following figures (now't to do with the gummint):

Lounge . . . . . . 6-10 Dining . . . . . . 3 Kitchen . . . . . 6-10 Double bed . . . . 4-6 Single bed . . . . 4-6 Bedsit . . . . . . 4 Hall . . . . . . . 2 Stairs/landing . . 1 Loft . . . . . . . 1 Study/home office 6 Garage . . . . . . 2 Utility room . . . 2

Ref. IET (formerly IEE) On-Site Guide Table 8B, page 156. These are numbers of _double_ sockets. The table has nine footnotes giving additional information. These are purely recommendations and have no regulatory effect whatever.

[S Viemeister]

Interesting that the suggestion for a single bed is 4-6, but for a bedsit, only 4.

[meow2222]

assumption of lower cost accomodation.

Total sockets here are way below what they recommend for some areas, yet are more than enough. Makes me wonder wonder what the author(s) had in their kitchen(s).

NT