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Thank you Ardet R. I now understand why my first diagram would not work. It 'clicked' in my brain.  👍

Earth added in yellow.

Thank you. As the 'earth' question has been raised... Will it be safer if I use 3 core earthed wire? No exposed metal parts etc

Did another picture. Neutral terminal on left Live terminal on right Hopefully this is correct. Loop refers to a mains loop I suppose. If ok please let me know. Thanks.

I will be checking with someone. I wouldn't be checking everything if I wasn't focused on safety.  I will follow your diagram. I thought my picture is wired as per manual. I understand you say its wrong, but I need to understand why. Why do I not use loop terminals as per manual? Is this a...

Thank you. I realise googled picture has live and neutral mixed up. I was more confused about white pendant wires. To confirm: Black - LIVE Blue - NEUTRAL Bit confused. You wrote to put BOTH white wires from pendant in to FAR LEFT terminal. I assume this is a typo and you meant one white...

Hello again. Thought I should double check/ask things about wiring the lamp holders. (The top picture (wired angled looped batons) is from internet and not my work) As you can see the wires from my pendant (pic 3) are both white. I assume it doesn't matter which is live/neutral...

Thanks all.

Or this one. Not much info on this. In your experience, do you think this will have an enclosed back plate? https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p46677

Found this in description. I guess that answers my question. "This British General Batten Lamp Holder White is made of a non-conductive material so does not need to be Earthed itself, although the ceiling plate does include a large Earth terminal for termination of any Earth wires which are...

Back again. Think I will go for these for peace of mind. I noticed it has a metal 'inner bit(?)' where the bulb goes.  Does this count as exposed metal part and should it then be earthed...

Will do. 👍

Excellent. All my questions answered. Will decide and get on with building the thing now! I will prob come back at some point...  Thanks for everyone's help. 

Thanks for doing that. That was how I planned to mount them originally. I had these two posts on another forum which made me stop 1. These lamp holders will come with terminals to connect to. There will be an Earth terminal. Please use it. 2. Those batten holders have no pattresses to...

If using batten lamp holder directly screwed on wood, I will have to have a hole in the wood for the wires to go through from behind. There will exposed wood near the connections at that point. How should I separate the wire from wood?  Hope that makes sense...

For mounting cord grip, I think I would make a hole through wood (size of lamp holder) then recess one or both sides so lamp holder can be screwed in. I can draw picture... Still would like to know if wiring OK though?

I am unsure which light fitting to use. The batten holder has exposed wiring at the back, so I thought a cord grip lampholder (like picture) would be safer. Will figure out mounting after. Is the wiring plan ok though? Be it batten holder or cord grip holder?

Or is this a P clip? Thanks.

Is this what you mean by a "P clip"? Thanks for all your help.

Oh. JB means junction box. Duh! Assuming my wiring plan is acceptable, will I need to use 3 core wire (what type) for the whole thing? Why do most electrical items seem not to be earthed?