Date   : Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:24:36 +0100
From   : rs423@... (Mick Champion)
Subject: Leccy @ Acorn World '09

Pete Turnbull wrote:
> On 13/09/2009 15:50, Mick Champion wrote:
>   
>> AlembicPrs@... wrote:
>>     
>>> Hmmm...  just what are all the electricity regs trying to do? Why have 
>>> socket outlets half way up a wall, where the flex can then trail 
>>> around the place and trip people up.
>>>       
>> I think there are a number of advantages of having elevated sockets. You 
>> are less likely to bash or kick them for one. Usually the wires feed the 
>> socket from behind the skirting board. A dug out in the plaster behind. 
>> Conduit is used where the cable is above the skirting.
>>     
>
> Doesn't need to be conduit, just a proper protective cover (the name of 
> which escapes me for the moment).
>   
When you remember, please pass it on.




> That's also the reason you're not supposed 
> to put sockets too close to a corner, where someone in a wheelchair 
> might not be able to reach in.  And both of which are a bl**dy pain as 
> far as I'm concerned, as it means the furniture (think big heavy 
> bookcase) always seems to be covering the socket, rendering it unusable.
>   
I thought sockets for disabled were even higher still? More like waist 
height. As far as sockets put in the corner and therefore blocked by 
heavy loaded furniture , tell me about it! It's a right pain to access 
some of mine hence a 4 way extension plugged in  instead screwed on the 
wall at a more accessible point.




Mick