How To Wire A Light Switch To A Light And Outlet

If you want the receptacle to be powered all the time and want to use the switch to control a load other than the receptacle you wire it like this.

How to wire a light switch to a light and outlet. Is it possible to wire a switch for a light and at the same time connect an outlet to the switch that will not power off and on with the switch. A wire is then pig tailed to the switch. Pig tailing is a process where a short wire is cut to lead from a connector to a connection at a cap. 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.

Hook up the outlet as you normally would. The red wire is connected to the opposite end of the switch box and to the black wire on the light back in the light box. In this video i show y. Basic electrical work can be done by following a few simple steps.

The incoming power from the outlet is attached to one of the light switch screw terminals and the black wire of the cable leading to the light fixture is. Because the electrical code as of the 2011 nec update requires a neutral wire in most new switch boxes a 3 wire cable runs between the light and switch. Thanks for your electrical wiring question mike. At the switch box the white neutral wires are spliced together and the ground wires are spliced and a pigtail wire is added and attached to the green ground screw on the light switch frame.

When installing a switch outlet combo unit you ll want to know the difference between the two sets of wires coming into the light switch box. On the other hand if you simply w. You then splice all the white wires and all the ground wires in the switch box together. Mike a handyman from fort dodge iowa.

This electrical wiring question came from. Wiring a light switch is not as difficult as you might think it is. The red and black are used for hot and the white neutral wire at the switch box allows for powering a timer remote control or other programmable switch. 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.

Joining these two black wires is the black with from the outlet or receptacle. Instead of making a pigtail with the line wire you make it with the load wire. Wiring a switch with an outlet.