How To Wire A Light Switch Off An Outlet

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How to wire a light switch off an outlet. Electricity flows through the hot wire entering the switch and then into the light fixture and then returns back through the neutral wire. This wiring diagram illustrates adding wiring for a light switch to control an existing wall outlet. Wiring an outlet to a switch loop. Finally the neutral wire from outlet is connected to the light bulb.

An old light fixture on my barn is wired to an on off switch inside the barn and also inside my house. Wiring a light bulb with combo switch and outlet. In this case you must change the cable from the switch to the light outlet from a 2 wire to a 3 wire cable. Instead of making a pigtail with the line wire you make it with the load wire.

Instead of running a separate pigtail from the hot wire to each switch just leave the hot wire extra long. Turning off the switch simply disconnects the power wire from the light fixture cutting off power from your lights. If that s the case you ll only have one black wire one white wire and a ground wire connected to the outlet. Here is what you would have to do if possible change out the 2 wire to 3 wire cable from switch to light.

The exception here is if the outlet that s controlled by the light switch is only connected to that light switch and there aren t any other wires. The hot source wire is removed from the receptacle and spliced to the red wire running to the switch. To connect the switches simply score the wire with your wire stripper and push the insulation to expose about 3 4 in. In this simple wiring diagram the combo switch outlet is connected to the 120v ac supply through cb.

The break away fin tab is intact therefore line hot is connected to the only one brass terminal on line side. The hot terminal of outlet is connected to the first terminal of switch and the second terminal of switch is connected to the lighting point. You then splice all the white wires and all the ground wires in the switch box together. In this wiring a light switch has been added to the existing outlet.

Hook up the outlet as you normally would. After identifying the line and load terminals on the switch remove the wire going to the light fixture twist it together with the wire going to the outlet add a jumper wire cap them and attach the jumper wire back to the switch s load terminal. The source is at the outlet and a switch loop is added to a new switch. Connect the last switch in the usual manner looping the wire around the screw in a clockwise direction.

As you can see connecting a receptacle to the light would see the receptacle only hot when the light switch is on. The neutral is connected to the neutral silver.