I have just wired a couple of lamps in my loft over the garage. I have taken the power from from a redundant power plug on the ceiling that was put there for an electric garage door. I used a switch ( Marbo 20A DP ) with a neon in the hope that this would glow when the loft lights were on. it doesn't. The switch is located next to the power plug..
From reading I gather that neons dont glow in a single wire circuit , given the proximity of the power source would it possible to pass both sides of the circuit through the two paths of the switch to achieve a glowing neon.
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