Separation distance from sink to CU?

[nospam]

In the back of my garage/workshop I have a Belfast sink with tap, and about 550mm above the sink is the consumer unit. In preparation for a possible house move next year I've been looking through the regs to check that this is OK but can only find guidance about horizontal separation, which should be >300mm, and nothing about vertical separation distance. The top of the CU is sealed and the front has the usual acrylic cover; the sink is ceramic and the tap and waste are connected by plastic pipes, so bonding isn't an issue.

Are there any regs about vertical separation in this situation?

[John Rumm]

Not specifically... even the 300mm is only a guideline. Common sense applies really - is the appliance (i.e. the CU in this case) appropriate for the circumstances. For a normal sink, yup more than likely. If it were a high pressure jet cleaning station, then perhaps not!

[nospam]

Thanks, John. That's what I thought but it's several years since I did that work and, with a possible move next year, I wanted to confirm that I hadn't missed something before potential purchasers send their surveyors around.

[John Rumm]

With the quality of reporting on electrical matters you get from most surveyors, even not having electricity is unlikely to be a problem ;-)

[Roger Hayter]

The risk (of someone with wet hands operating the CU) is something to be assessed by the installer, and the arrangement is not forbidden unless it is in a bathroom.