Unbelievable Adding A Receptacle To A Light Switch
How to properly add wire up a north american grounded electrical outlet receptacle from a wall light switch single pole 3 way.
Adding a receptacle to a light switch. Adding an outlet to a 3way switch. You then splice all the white wires and all the ground wires in the switch box together. To add an outlet to a light switch you start by making a pigtail using the hot wire the wire going to the fixture controlled by the switch and a third length of wire.
Learn which light switches c. If you re not sure look elsewhere or call a licensed. The new outlet wires are spliced with each of these existing wires along with a pigtail wire to connect back to the light terminals.
The source for this circuit it at the light switch. I will be using very minimal tools that you might find ar. With this arrangement the new outlet will turn off and on with the light fixture.
How to wire a switch receptacle. Here a new receptacle is added to an existing light fixture circuit creating a new switched outlet. In this video i will show you how to wire a switched receptacle.
If there s a pair of neutral white wires that aren t connected to the switch you re in luck see photo. The position on or off of the switch turns the light on or off. In order to add a receptacle outlet to a light switch the circuit wiring must be at the location of the light switch or contained inside the electrical box of the light switch.
Hook up the outlet as you normally would. However keep in mind that the switch box might contain other wires or have improper connections. Now you can see that to attempt to add an outlet or a receptacle from this switch box will not work in this particular situation.