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Apologies for taking so long to get back on this thread, loft access above the room in question has proved more difficult than expected so my husband hasn't been able to get up there. We have managed to get a photo of the wiring at the light fitting itself: Does this help clarify things...

What is mid 70s - the light switch / wiring? (Because it has green rather than green-and-yellow earth sleeving?) What is octopus :oops::confused: EDIT: is it the other lighting system mentioned by Taylortwocities? I'm eager to learn all these things so hopefully I'm not asking too many...

Ah.. thanks. We (well, hubby not me haha) will try to get up into the loft as soon as, and see what's going on up there. We're definitely not into 'smart home' technology and prefer wired/traditional things rather than remote controlled stuff and apps. Everyone's different :) so no, we won't...

Just saw your post after I hit send on my reply! It is a ground floor room with no rooms above (single storey part of house). Might be possible to get into the loft void there but we've never tried (there is a loft hatch in the adjoining room). It is an old house (stone built...

I knew you'd want pictures! Right, here is a pic of the light switch (we turned the leccy off first of course): We can't get up on a ladder today to check the ceiling light but based on this I'd say we have "loop in" ceiling rose wiring, would that be right? And... would the black cable...

Hi all, I've been enjoying reading these forums on-and-off for a while but thought I'd sign up to ask a question :) so please be gentle... ... I've recently discovered the concept of round-pin lighting sockets (I read about them on a thread on here actually!) such as these ones...