Lights in a loft

[JulesH68]

Hi
I would like to put two pendant lights in my loft. There is an electric socket in the loft and just wanted to check if I could run the pendant lights directly from a socket as opposed to wiring into mains. Any advise gratefully received

 

[ricicle]

By mains I take it you mean the lighting circuit ?
If the socket in the loft is not on the lighting circuit (might be worth checking !) then you can just use a switched fused connection unit with a 3A fuse in to switch the lights on and off.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

just wanted to check if I could run the pendant lights directly from a socket as opposed to wiring into mains.

What do you mean? Plug them in? It's a bit tacky, but yes - use a 3A fuse.

Why don't you want to wire them into the lighting circuit?

 

[JulesH68]

Wasn't going to go into mains as I was not sure how to, might be tacky but figured it was an easy solution to go straight to a plug as the loft is only used for storage. thank you for you replies.