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ok, will do, but not home 'till friday pm, talk later, and thanks (in advance :D )

thanks for that, and you're right of course, and i shall endeavour to lean more. however, up to this point, all but the very simplest of wiring tasks has been a bit of a mystery, so apart from the very obvious, i've steered clear. mostly i wanted to know if it would be safe, but i'll take your...

sorry, don't understand about lighting loop :-( 2-way switch also sounds complicated. on reflection, can i just extend the cables via conduit and put the switch where i want?

can anyone help? in my garage (which has it's own separate fuse box) i have a partition. in the front part is a single bulb, and a switch that controls both this light and the light in the back half of the garage (a flourecesent tube). what i want to do is to move the switch, so could i do it...

ok thanks everyone, got another question, but i'll put it in a new place, once i can thinj of how to express myself.

sorry pbod, it was ip66

horrid boys! ok, given the fact that the work is now done, could you tell me a: if from what i've described it's likely to be ok, and b: the consequences of non-notification c: could i get a qualified electrician to check it over?

so should i have told someone?

er, nothing, i hope, just that it's the first time i've done this, and don't want to electrocute wife!

hi - i'm new to this, but here goes......... i've just fitted an external double socket to the outside of my garage by taking power from the back of an existing socket. the original socket had 2 cables already, and from what i've read, this makes it ok. i drilled a (slghtly downhill) hole...