I would favour suitably IP rated 13 amp sockets. Relatively cheap and simple, and the local fuse in each plug can produce economies elsewhere in the installation. For example a single 32 amp circuit instead of three 10 amp circuits. 13 amp sockets have much greater terminal capacity than dedicated lighting connectors.

I was using the Gewiss IP55 single socket. The ones with the clear flexible plastic front door that flips up to put the plug in. I liked them until recently when I discovered on the Gewiss website that the IP55 rating only applied with the door closed I.e. nothing plugged in. I contacted their technical department and they said that they don’t test it with something plugged in, so offers no IP rating when in use. 

I was using the Gewiss IP55 single socket. The ones with the clear flexible plastic front door that flips up to put the plug in. I liked them until recently when I discovered on the Gewiss website that the IP55 rating only applied with the door closed I.e. nothing plugged in. I contacted their technical department and they said that they don’t test it with something plugged in, so offers no IP rating when in use. 

There are plenty of standard IP rated sockets that the door closes over the plug top. Click/MK/BG etc

Gary

Gary

i was using the Gewiss sockets due to their compact size and price being about half of the click aqua for example which ad you say closes the lid over the plug when in use to maintain the IP rating. I remember being told many years ago that once you drill a hole in an accessory for a conduit adaptor or gland for example you immediately invalidate the IP rating even if the gland or whatever you are using seals up the hole again, so the whole thing becomes a nonesense.