Best Way to Add a Light in the Loft

[am549]

I've got a new build property and it looks like the electrician has left some wiring in the loft ready for a plug socket to be installed (2.5mm twin and earth cable). I'm assuming it's for a plug socket due to the cable size and that it's not wired into any of the lighting circuits (checked by switching off all the lighting circuits and the cable was still live according to my voltage pen).
What would be the best way to wire in a light? I've got some 1.0mm twin and earth cable which I'd like to use so my thought was this:
Install double socket off the current cable
Use the 1.0mm twin and earth to wire a pendant into a 3 pin plug with a 5amp fuse installed and plug it into the above.

Based on the above, would I be able to wire the plug into a junction box in order to feed 2 pendants? Thanks

 

[rsgaz]

was electrocuted

I don't think they will believe him, he's still alive after all!!!

 

[Squid]

I don't think they will believe him, he's still alive after all!!!

Opportunity for the wife to throw him from the loft and claim in the life insurance..........

 

[am549]

Luckily she's not been here or probably would have!

Came this morning and all sorted, single socket and a light with no fuss. Quite surprised how easily he just did it actually!

 

[Squid]

Quite surprised how easily he just did it actually!

Can't have been anyone from here as there would have been a thread 10 pages long detailing the work and the issues and the fit wife........*



*I may have just made of all of that up.......

 

[DPG]

Glad to see a happy ending. And that's referring to the light, not the wife

 

[Dan91]

Who’s the contractor that carried out the electrical work?

You’ll probably find it’s suppose to be a loft socket or a feed for a solar pv install.

 

[Dan91]

If you don’t use the 2.5mm cable, you could come of the fan isolators above the bathroom door in the new builds?

 

[w0z]

Thanks for the advice everyone.

With regards to the light I wasn’t bothered about a switch as I was going to put a smart bulb up linked to a sensor on the loft hatch which turns the light on when open and off when shut.

So next time you're up in the loft and the smart light goes out, you can stumble your way back in the dark falling through the ceiling on your way.(assuming you don't panic and freeze...). Fit a switch.

 

[Squid]

So next time you're up in the loft and the smart light goes out, you can stumble your way back in the dark falling through the ceiling on your way.(assuming you don't panic and freeze...). Fit a switch.

New build lofts are usually so built that you can't stand up in the damn thing........ and I think the light shining through the gapping hole in the floor should give the OP a clue as to where the opening is.