I'm making lanterns and lampshades, and I want to test them, so what I'd like is this: a bare lightbulb on the end of a flex, so you can loop the bulb end over a rafter to hang down like a normal ceiling light and plug the other end into the wall. I seem to remember the builders having one when my home-home was being built back in the late 80s. But
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What I want (in order to make a lamp) is just a screw fitting, some flex, and a plug. B and Q rather failed me, so if you end up with a more "DIY" solution let me know?
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http://www.wickes.co.uk/Pendant/invt/712935
then just take the end off, add more flex and away you go, right? 3amp fuse in the plug and you'd be fine i reckon...
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* One of these...
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Plus a screwdriver and a bulb to use with it.
The only thing I don't know is which fuse rating is most appropriate.
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If an doubt of any misuse (or the general public) stick the whole lot on a plug-in RCD adapter, too.
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I've still got one of these in my loft with a plug that drops through the loft hatch, because I've not got around to wiring something better in.
the hatter
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