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The council house I live in is currently being re-wired. Several new
sockets have been installed in the kitchen. For the washing machine &
fridge outlets have been placed below the worktops, with seperate
switches located higher up. In the case of the washing machine the
switch has been placed direcly above the kitchen sink, which seemed a
bit strange to me.
The switch is on the wall directly behind the sink draining board, only
about 6 inches up, which seemed a bit unsafe to me. I spoke to one of
the electricians, but he told me the switch is safe was placed as per
the plans, and did not require moving.

I really can't understand this fashion for having isolator switches for
appliances which are fed via a socket but normally left switched on.

They'll all have the means of being switched off on the appliance if
needed - even a fridge which can be defrosted by simply turning down the
thermostat.

For pro servicing, anyone with a modicum of sense would unplug them.

And if the rare event happened where a faulty appliance needed to be
isolated - like say it burst into flames - I very much doubt the average
punter would know which isolator applied to which appliance.

A cooker on a 30 amp+ radial circuit is rather different. They can't
usually be unplugged.

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