On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 11:37:09 UTC+1, DICEGEORGE wrote:
I'm rewiring corridor lights,
it will have pendants with LEDs or fluorescent bulbs.
But could i also add dim lights for night time

of course

- what sort of bulbs?

LED come in any power you like. CFL are available down to 3w, ok as nightlighting for a large area

Decades ago I hotwired a diode across a switch
which cut out half the AC signal when switched off,
would this work with modern lights?

No. There are 2 ways to do this
1. Wire your 0.5W LED across the switch terminals so it lights whenever the main light is off
2. Put it on its own switching & wiring.


NT