Wall lights power question

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Hello all. I am new to this site so here goes. I have a basic knowledge of electrical installation fro a home course I did some years ago resulting in a level 3 diploma. This was prior, I think, to the part p assessment stuff and I appreciate a lot of things have changed.

My Dad has an extention that has wall lights in it that are coming off the ring main in the extention. This was done by the last resident. The lights have switches built in. My dad wants to change the lights now to something a little more tasteful. The setup didn't seem right to me. I was on the understanding that lights should always run from a lighting circuit? Just a thought, but to save hassle, could I connect a fuzed connection unit between the powerpoint and the light and protect it with a 2 amp fuse or is this a big no no.

 

[Spark123]

The lights shouldn't be fed directly from socket circuits.
You can connect them via fused spurs (3A or 5A), however the cable from the socket circuit to the spur should be the same size as the cable used in the socket circuit.

 

[TicklyT]

....Having made sure the socket circuit isn't a spur from a ring in the first place......

If the lights have been spurred off a socket circuit without fusing down, what do you reckon the chances are that the sockets are part of a ring main?

 

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....Having made sure the socket circuit isn't a spur from a ring in the first place......

If the lights have been spurred off a socket circuit without fusing down, what do you reckon the chances are that the sockets are part of a ring main?

Thanks for the quick response. I have had the front of the socket off and it is deffinitely not a spur. I think the guy who lived there before decided it would be a whole lot easier to just extend the wiring up the wall and have a wall light instead.

Thanks for confirming though regards to the fuzed spur. Seems like a logical way forward and saves a lot of chasing in and mess. Thanks