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Come to think of it i think i ain't sure what are sockets run on but it doesn't matter now as we ain't using the sockets. Thanks for the help dingbat,Qedelec and crafty1289 i will tell my dad that next time he does any wiring to get someone else to do it like an qualified electrician.

Sorry i didn't explain properly in the post but the sockets weren't directly wired through the switch but through a junction box and the switch is wired to the junction box aswell as the lights,i knew it wasn't safe to use the sockets after i found out it wasn't safe and i wouldn't advise anyone...

Also i will only have the RCD adaptor connected while i use my power tools in the loft but will remove it when i have finished using them.

If we wired the sockets up we would have to take a spur from two socket in my bedroom to put power to the 2 in the loft and i didn't want to do that so thats why i am going to use the extension cable.

If you read my last post you will know that we are not going to use the sockets in the loft as we are going to remove them from the loft as we don't want to wire them up now,so i am using a 15metre 13A 4 socket extension cable reel to plug into my bedroom to the loft with the RCD,we have MCB...

Well i found out the lights are wired up properly with the correct wire and junction box to the lighting circuit in the loft but my dad used the power from that to power the sockets,good job i didn't plug anything to big in them.So we are going to remove the plug sockets and use a 15m 13A 4...

I am going get my dad to just wire the sockets up through the light switch so when you click the switch when you get into the loft the sockets have power and the lights come on and wire the 2 fluorescent lights to plugs so they can be plugged into the sockets to make wiring more easier but i...

I think all are plug sockets upstairs are wired into the one junction box in the loft,also our house is a ex council house so the wiring is different to newer houses.I have been reading the diydoctor website which has some good info on wiring extra lights and sockets into existing circuits. I...

I have been readng the Electrical Regulations from this site http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_buildreg/documents/page/odpm_breg_033480.hcsp So we are ok as it's only 2 twin sockets and 2 lights in the loft and the work was done yrs ago but wired wrong so we don't need to tell our...

I think we have used the correct size wire as it's the same as the wire we have wired to all our sockets in the house but he wired the lights and sockets to the radial circuit used for the bedroom sockets,so really we need to wire the lights to the lighting circuit using a 20A junction box and...

we have fitted 2 fluorescent lights and 2 twin sockets in our loft but our lights and sockets in the house run through junction boxes on a Radial circuit,do we just run cables from them for the lights and sockets for the loft as i think my dad has wired them wrong as he wired the lights and...