Take power from a light switch

[JohnW2]

My question is: if I were to take a feed off the three terminals in the existing light fitting would it 'power' another light fitting being controlled by a single switch?

Sure - the existing and new light would then both come on/off when you operated the existing switch.

Kind Regards, John

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I don’t know if it’s a regional thing, but it certainly isn’t rare in my area. I’d say that most houses I go to are wired in singles up until maybe the early 90s when it seemed to fall out of favour. The property I was working in on Friday is wired in it.

Same area as you and my place had been wired in singles, prior to its rewire in the mid-1980's, its third rewire since build in 1955.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

When you say 'singles', do you mean single-insulated conductors in conduit or insulated+sheathed singles (or sheathed 'single+earth', such as we are discussing)?

Kind Regards,

In my case, it was singles+ sheath + earth.