Wall Light - looping in at switch

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I posted a thread some weeks ago concerning connecting an outside light by making all the connections at the light switch.

//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=36924&highlight=looping+switch

I followed the instructions I was given and it worked perfectly. I now plan to connect an interior wall light using the same approach and for the same reason namely that using a junction box would mean it being in an inaccessible position. As far as I can tell, this is absolutely identical to my original enquiry and so I assume that it will work. However, I have 2 questions:

1. Whilst it is not essential, I would, if possible, like to make the wall light in question a two-way light. Bearing in mind how I plan to connect the cables at the switch, is it possible to connect a 3C+E cable to these existing connections in order to facilitate a two-way switch ? Does the feed cable from the ceiling rose to the switch need to be 3C+E as well ?

2. The ceiling rose from which I plan to take the live feed to the above already has all its connections used up so I simply plan to squeeze more wires into the existing loop connections. Do ceiling roses exist that have more connections than the usual 3/3/2 arrangement ?

Hope this all makes sense.
 
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BotchItYourself said:
1. Whilst it is not essential, I would, if possible, like to make the wall light in question a two-way light. Bearing in mind how I plan to connect the cables at the switch, is it possible to connect a 3C+E cable to these existing connections in order to facilitate a two-way switch ?
yep as with any two way switch setup you just take the in and out power to L1 and L2 and then strap the switches together with the 3+E

Does the feed cable from the ceiling rose to the switch need to be 3C+E as well ?
of course not


2. The ceiling rose from which I plan to take the live feed to the above already has all its connections used up so I simply plan to squeeze more wires into the existing loop connections. Do ceiling roses exist that have more connections than the usual 3/3/2 arrangement ?
never seen one with more terminals but you should be able to get the wires in without too much trouble
 
To minimise (i.e. limit to one) the number of cables emerging from the wall at each of two wall lights, is it acceptable - where a junction box would be necessarily inaccessible - to loop in both fittings at the switch?
 
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sure just make sure you give yourself a deep enough backbox to easilly make all the connections you plan on.
 

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