Recommendation Switch Outlet Combo Wiring
You can change this duplex receptacle to a switch receptacle combination so that you still have power in the outlet but can use the switch to control your new overhead task light.
Switch outlet combo wiring. Switch can control the light and outlet. The break away fin tab is intact therefore line hot is connected to the only one brass terminal on line side. A switch and outlet combo can be configured in several ways.
The switch can control your lights the switch can control the outlet or the switch can control both your lights and the outlet. Switch and the outlet can have different lines in. Fishing in a wire from the receptacle to the light fixture is fairly easy so this is how you would wire the switch receptacle combo device in this situation.
The following diagrams show each wiring configuration. Mark shows how wi. I am sorry no more videos in 4k takes too long to edit.
In this simple wiring diagram the combo switch outlet is connected to the 120v ac supply through cb. This is not a goodbye video i need to step back to figure out more content for my youtube channel. Ground connection diagram is shown separately.
How to wire a switch and outlet combo. The neutral is connected to the neutral silver terminal. A switch outlet combo like the one pictured above can be wired up in three ways.
Say your countertop appliances are hogging all of the outlets in your kitchen. Wiring a gfci combo switch outlet with a light bulb in the first wiring diagram the connected load as light bulb is gfci protected as it is control by the combo switch and connected to the load terminals of gfci. Direct main power supply.