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Re: Re:In wall touch panel heights to comply with building regs


  • Subject: Re: Re:In wall touch panel heights to comply with building regs
  • From: Ian Oliver <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:44:48 +0100

In article <004001c8c406$7e8bd400$b406f359@traceydlqceh0p>,
Tracey Gardner
wrote:
> Part M has been around for some time now and calls for light switches
to be
> no higher than 1200mm and sockets to be no lower than 450mm.

Well, yet another daft regulation that I will totally ignore. I guess that
if
forced to comply, people tend to move the switches and sockets back to more
sensible locations afterwards?

> Don't forget that 1500mm may seem nice to an able bodied person like
you,
> but these changes were all intended to make life easier for wheelchair
bound
> people.

A switch at 1500mm can be reached when sitting on the floor!

Ian Oliver
Sunny Leeds, UK
Using Java on Tini for control via Dallas 1-wire




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