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On the switches my main concern would be these don't lock/latch i.e. as soon as pressure is released they open (unlike a ballpoint pen where you have to push once to open once to close). I don't know any terminology or have the experience to know what is typical.

Those or the other ones you posted above both look great as long as the force to push the switch is minimal. Those PtB ones are pennies and look great if I can easily find how to attach them. You aren't a fan of magnetic types?

From quick testing it seems like 4-5W per locker LED gives what I want. I already have a lighting wire handy (it was added when some other work was done in preparation) and a spare LED transfer/power supply so I don't think mains wiring is any more complicated. The door-operated switches are a...

I have 10 old school-style lockers I use for storing tools, screws, workwear, etc in my garage. I mount small storage boxes and hole-board on the back. I've always wanted to fit lights and it seems a fun opportunity to make a little project out of it. The main thing I'd like to achieve is that...

Oh sorry, yes I have seen those now I think about it. Thanks I misread.

Yeah, I'd probably put a big label on it too. Thanks for the reminder on the fuse. Might even go lower it's just led lights

The other idea, maybe simpler, is to put a single plug socket and wire a plug on the light. I can switch it and of course isolate/move it by unplugging. Thanks.

In my garage a cable on the lighting circuit comes down wired into a side light used to illuminate a bench. Other than a switch on the lamp itself it is not switched, ie you must turn off the light circuit to remove power. I want to add a switch and I don't want to crawl in the roof to rewire...

I don't really want to do much on this myself beyond establishing it's not going to kill someone touching the light switch before next week - changing a switch or adding a socket is one thing, tracing earths around seems best for a professional to me. So is an "open circuit" basically saying...

as in a wire that goes nowhere? Wouldn't surprise me from what we've seen elsewhere. hmm, I'll see if I can take a look.

Interesting thanks. It definitely lights up fully bright on live one coming into the switch. The earth wire gives just a dim glow, enough to see just. Finding a good earth might be tricky :) could I test between earth and the out wire from the switch with it turned off or does that achieve...

Replacing a light switch I was testing and discovered the screwdriver lights up (dimly) when touched to the metal face plate even though this is earthed. Investigating further it seems the earth wire itself is carrying a small current. And presumably always has been... The wiring is quite old...

Keyclamp is just another brand name for the stuff I posted a link above right... seems to be a standardised system? I quite liked it. That said scaffold fittings (from a quick google) seem a lot cheaper but then they are quite different. And yeah over-spec... we used 42mm for something recently...

Right now I imagine might be a lot sitting unused too. Thanks for the idea.

The netting is a lot cheaper but I've found it a pain in the backside before... every single leaf or twig gets tangled in it :) You can actually just see an early version stringing that over some posts in my photo. It sagged and I spent about an hour trying to delicately remove it from my cherry...

The west end of our paddock has a long, 8' fence. We have several fruit trees and bushes there and being rural, birds are a real issue - cherries or redcurrants or raspberries get eaten immediately - so much so I switched to golden raspberries which they ignore! I tried netting individual trees...

I must admit I'm pretty disappointed the technology is still so bad when it's now the norm. And yeah I hate any discernable flicker or sound.

Thanks @eta - this is the first result from Google: https://www.axminster.co.uk/machinery/saws/panel-saws !! I already bought into Dewalt when I got my cordless drill and then a dedicated driver (my favourite tool by far). My jigsaw - corded Bosch, the first tool I ever bought as a newly wed -...

I hadn't realised you could get these things that cheaply, thanks. Though I am trying to stay cordless and only buy good stuff - so the issue is being sure which things I actually need. You're right though that cutting wood doesn't NEED expensive tools. A hand saw for timber is fine though I...

A DIY-er making their own power-tools doesn't sound a good idea. Would you use a table saw some random guy bodged together? ;)