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Ah yes, I see .... b****y clever these Chinese

That's interesting ..... how can a coating on something make it have a HIGHER resistance than when the coating is missing? I could understand it the other way around (ie the coating forming a low-R path and the resistance rising as this disappears) but I can't picture how it works this way...

Ah, I get the picture. I'll have a look at their stuff - thanks Ban. No intention of earning a living this way, but I'd enjoy doing the courses

Well, I mean why would I have to pretend to be a kitchen fitter (or anything else) in order to study C&G courses? Sorry, lost the plot somewhere! :(

Adam, can you post some pics of the Astra? :wink:

Yes indeed. But can you explain this a little more pls?

I suppose that would be an error you'd only make once ...... one way or the other .....

That's inspired!! :D ... in a deadly sort of way .... :shock:

Yeah, but who will they take out with them? :x

Where can you get those, Ban? Never seen them as far as I can recall [the choc boxes I mean]

Choc-block: http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?ts=79505&id=18671 They come in various sizes (generally bigger ones can carry higher currents) and you can cut off as many 'squares' as you need. You can use them with solid core (like T+E) and/or flex cables. 'Terminal Strip' is...

:D Thanks again guys

Lighting cables are 1.0 mm2, 6A MCB in a Volex garage CU with RCD

Thanks Ban The trunking is already in place (fairly inaccessible in some places) and the wiring from L1 and L2 is already there (not a continuous cable L1 > L2, but ends available where I propose JB). This is legacy of the previous incarnation. In my diagram of Breezer's solution, note there...

ectomorphic, endomorphic or mesomorphic?

There are things called (I think) Eazy-Outs (or something similar) these are a bit like chunky self-tappers with a LH thread; as they bite into (what's left of) your screw they turn it a/c and pull it out. Alternatively, burrow around the plug 'til you can get hold of it and pull it out screw...

AdamW, thanks for these. No problem with the switch box, I have a suitable one already. I was just a little surprised that I couldn't get a more sightly junction box.

breezer, I'm certainly not doubting your solution, I was simply trying to avoid running an extra cable all the way out to L1, with all the aggro of opening trunking etc. (The cable would have to go out to L1 (say) then all the way back down the same trunking right past the Tee to the switch...

This is what I wanted to do ... sorry for cr*ppy diagram.

There has to be 1 long cable to each light, but the solution you describe in your reference entry means sending a switch cable out there as well - I'm not griping about the cost, it just strikes me it would be easier to send only the switched supply out there? Sorry, if I knew how to post a...