What space requirement is there for a socket in the window reveal inside?

  • Erstellt am 2019-12-05 21:13:12

Basti2709

2019-12-09 12:47:06
  • #1
We also have sockets in the window reveals and I find it terrible... you can certainly use them nicely for the Christmas lights, but as soon as something is plugged in there, you can hardly open the windows either.

If I put the plug into a wireless socket or timer switch, the window doesn't even tilt open properly anymore. Especially my wife likes to "tear" the windows open, no matter how often I have told her to be careful...

Especially in the bathrooms, when the reveal is tiled and then a socket is installed, it can get very tight at that spot. In our guest bathroom, for example, the window does not open fully 90 degrees because there is not enough space.
 

danixf

2019-12-09 13:24:45
  • #2

Well, if it says Christmas lights there, you can't open the window anyway. It doesn't matter whether the socket is at the bottom, right, or left. Even with a battery solution, the decoration would be in the way.


There are solutions for that too. Simply put an actuator behind the socket, and you can open everything easily without having such a bulky thing plugged in.
 

ntsa86

2019-12-09 15:04:48
  • #3


It was solved the same way for us.
 

Strahleman

2019-12-09 15:53:41
  • #4


We have the appointment with the electrician coming up soon. Since we haven’t considered sockets in the window reveal so far, just out of curiosity my question: What do you use that for? Apart from Christmas decorations, I actually can’t think of any other use case.
 

desixtor

2019-12-09 16:07:49
  • #5
Mobile phone charger -> Good to place on the windowsill
 

kbt09

2019-12-09 16:10:33
  • #6
A small lamp is also nice outside of the Christmas season.
 

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