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I'm wanting to fit a timeswitch to my external lights. I have 2,
operated from the same switch. One has a 20 watt low energy lamp, the
other a 7 watt. The lower wattage one has to be lower wattage as it'll
light up next doors living room if it's any brighter!

Trouble is, the only time switches I can find either don't work with
low energy lamps, or a Timeguard unit which has a minimum load of 20
watt PER BULB (I have checked this with their tech dept).

Does anyone know of any more capable timeswitches as I really don't
want to ditch the low energy lamps.

You might want to consider a photocell rather than a timeswitch.
Depends what you want to use the lights for. You can get ones
which fit in the light fitting. I added one of these to a light:

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSea...=SRPCM1000/70L

which only required drilling a hole on the top. If the lights are
daisy-chained, you could fit it to just the first, and have it switch
both of them.

BTW, a 20W low energy lamp is quite bright for an outdoor lamp.
Do make sure it doesn't disturb neighbours or dazzle highway users.

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Andrew Gabriel