Electrics under kitchen sink?
Electrics under kitchen sink?
A question for the Sparky's...
My elderly Dad had his kitchen installed 30 years ago and he can't remember who did the wiring.
However the circuit tripped recently and all because the kitchen sink waste was leaking and water was dripping onto some sockets underneath. Someone had fitted a fused spur box and single socket for the washing machine under the sink. These were in direct line of a water leak should it occur.
This seems to me like very bad practice, do you agree and is it banned...
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by vonsworld
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Electrics under kitchen sink?
A question for the Sparky's...
My elderly Dad had his kitchen installed 30 years ago and he can't remember who did the wiring.
However the circuit tripped recently and all because the kitchen sink waste was leaking and water was dripping onto some sockets underneath. Someone had fitted a fused spur box and single socket for the washing machine under the sink. These were in direct line of a water leak should it occur.
This seems to me like very bad practice, do you agree and is it banned...
Read more
by vonsworld
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum