On 03/03/2018 23:49, S Viemeister wrote:
On 3/3/2018 5:35 PM, Tim Watts wrote:
On 03/03/18 21:54, newshound wrote:

Well you either comply with wiring regs, or do as I do and have
sockets fitted below the worktop where you can't reach them without
pulling out some of the appliances. And then rely on having a CU
breaker labelled "Kitchen ring main" to provide isolation on faults.

The usual way to handle that is to have a 20A DP worktop level
isolator switch on each socket that's inaccessible.

Yes. That's what we did.

Significantly more work and hardware to do that though. In my kitchen I
have a long run of worktop just below a wide window, so there was no
vertical space to do that. Admittedly non-compliant, but in the 28 years
since I did it I don't think I have ever needed to isolate one of the
appliances. I agree that it is non-ideal since you may miss an
overheating plug or socket that might be revealed by colour change. But
not had one of those there either.