I will be getting much of my house rewired over next 18 months, however in the short term I want to add a couple of fluorescent lights into an attic space. A lighting circuit already runs through the attic so I thought this could be extended. On further investigation it turns out that too many lights (about 1500 W!) are already running of this circuit, so I don't want to add any more.
I do not want to split the circuit as this would be a big job and will be done professionally soon anyway, so my question is whether it is OK / safe to wire up two fluorescent lights to the ring main as a short term stop gap, with a view to putting them on the lighting circuit when the house is rewired? If it's OK to do this should I use a normal switch or double pole switch?
I do not want to split the circuit as this would be a big job and will be done professionally soon anyway, so my question is whether it is OK / safe to wire up two fluorescent lights to the ring main as a short term stop gap, with a view to putting them on the lighting circuit when the house is rewired? If it's OK to do this should I use a normal switch or double pole switch?
