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Did you try changing the light bulb? In older houses and industrial installations, sometimes lighting circuits are wired in series which means you must have all the lamps working in order to complete the circuit, just like a strings of christmas lights.

Thanks for the help and advice guys. :D

Graeme, Thanks, I never thought of using a timer. Not being into these things (i.e it was a "I think we'll have a pond, pump, lights etc etc" conversation), does the pump have to be on all the time? It will be quite a large pond with fish that "we" want! Breezer, I intended to use 4 core...

I want to install a power supply to my garden for a pond pump and lighting. If I use 4 core SWA cable to a junction box, I can have the switch inside the house. The problem then is to split the supplies for the pump and the lights. Is it feasible to to have two more local switches from the JB to...