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Thanks guys. Wish me luck and some fair weather. I better get off and start digging up the lawn! Still, looking on the bright side - it's much more convenient to disconnect and stop using the current lights than it was discover and do without the condemned boiler the previous occupant...

@ bernardgreen: Thanks for your thoughts on going low voltage but I didn't really want to do that. Fittings seem to be much more expensive and I'm not sure the light produced from products I've looked at would be good enough. @ ban-all-sheds: It's 2 core cable - no SWA, so looks like...

I have several outdoor lights on a patio area at the bottom of the garden and some are old, loose and broken so I want to replace them with new fittings. They are on a 240V circuit coming from the garage with an external switch. On inspection, there's no earth in the cable going to the fittings...