crb wrote:

A friend I mentioned this to recently said that he thought it was
unnacceptable, as it was a "non standard" configuration. That led me
to check again in BS 7671 (16th Edition) and I can see nothing in there
that prohibits my layout. Any views?

I don't think there *is* a standard layout anyway - different
manufacturers have different default layouts.

--
Cheers,

John.

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