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The light is now up and running. The pic is of the 2 FCUs in the loft. Thanks for your input. Can't wait for my next electrical task!

Brilliant, thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate it. I'll let you know how I get on in a week or two! Regards, Jeremy.

So if I understand correctly, I will be left with something like this: Is this right? Thanks

I think I'm almost there now then - I shall firstly replace the junction box with a 13A FCU to be on the safe side. I will then connect this 13A FCU to the 5A FCU using 2.5mm cable. My only question is, which side of the 13A FCU do I connect to, the Supply or the Load? I will then use 1mm...

Thanks for your reply - I can confirm the loft socket goes off with half the other sockets in the house and not with the lights. This never occurred to me so thanks for making me check. The bulb is an 18w energy saving bulb (the lamp claims to work at 6w until a motion sensor detects movement...

Thank you very much for your reply and insight. The main reason for wanting to come off of the mains rather than lighting circuit is the instructions for the light, which state: "DO NOT WIRE THIS FLOODLIGHT INTO THE LIGHTING CIRCUIT. USE A SWITCHED FUSED SPUR". It's written in capitals so I...

Hi, Quick question please. I intend to wire an outdoor coach lantern style light, with the wire going from the light to the loft via the soffit, housed inside conduit. Once inside the loft, can I connect the 5-amp FCU directly to a 3-terminal junction box (which supplies one 3 pin plug in...