Jackie Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I am sure that this may have been covered before but search has revealed nothing. I would be most obliged if anyone could remind me of the minimum permitted distance between a water tap and an electrical socket. The tap in question feeds a washing machine input hose and the 20 amp socket powers the same. Many thanks in anticipation……………….JohnPS Can anyone confirm that the solder in in-line brass stop valves you get at the Brico stores are good for both hot and cold water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 IANAE, but...If I have interperated the regs correctly then it is 60cm, and must be in "Volume 3" (one of the electricity books will detail the volumes). The socket must be on a 30mA trip, too.All soldered (or brazed) (most) plumbing is good for hot, cold or CH. Provided, of course that you do it correctly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I love questions like this.My enormous bathroom is 2m². It has a shower, a loo, a washbasin, two radiators, two cisterns (I plan to remove the other honestly but it is a bit rusted on!) AND four million wires and two fuse boxes, the EDF box, the water heater box.......Don't be so British. Get French. Splash it all over. Get electricuted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcazar Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 And if I've interpreted the regs correctly, the washing machine needs a dedicated socket, and it also needs to be fed from a type A RCD (or was it type AC)?Alcazar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted January 25, 2005 Author Share Posted January 25, 2005 Thanks to all for the replies. My concern about the valve was that the rubber washer inside the tap would not like the hot water but I will go ahead and time will tell. Thanks again folks..................John not Jackie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcazar Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Hot water to a washer? Ours only uses cold. When I asked about why, the French salesman was very surprised, saying (rightly, I suppose), "But sir, your washing machine would empty your chauffe eau."Anyway, I don't think any plumbing washer will object to hot water. They don't like lime, but that's another story.Alcazar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted January 26, 2005 Author Share Posted January 26, 2005 Ok and thanks. The in-line valve I mentioned was a feed to a sink and not the washing machine. We are still using the Brit machine we brought over with us and have yet to replace it with a French one. The hot and cold feeds are tied together with a Y connector and it seems to work OK on cold only though it does take longer to get through a cycle as you might expect, as the water has to be heated by its own immersion heater.......................John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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