Date   : Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:43:18 +0100
From   : philb@... (Phil Blundell)
Subject: Leccy @ Acorn World '09

On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 00:19 +0100, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> On 13/09/2009 18:24, Mick Champion wrote:
> > Pete Turnbull wrote:
> 
> >> 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.
> 
> > I thought sockets for disabled were even higher still? More like waist 
> > height. 
> 
> 40cm IIRC, unless someone with a copy of the actual regs and the current 
> version of Part P can correct me.

It's Part M, not Part P, but basically yes: the recommendation is that
sockets and switches should be sited "at appropriate heights between
450mm and 1200mm from finished floor level".

p.