Mike wrote:

Slightly OT from the original post but does anybody know if there has been
some edict from on high that all 45A cooker switches have to be red now ?
There used to be white and silver ones which were not too unattractive but
now all I can find are hideous looking ones with the big red nose in the
middle.

There's always been a requirement for the "operating means of a device
for emergency switching" to be "preferably coloured red" - but is is
just that: preferable and not mandatory [Reg. 537-04-04]. Nothing has
changed, AFAIK.

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Andy