How To Wire A Switched Receptacle

Attach the black switch wire to one brass terminal.

How to wire a switched receptacle. The brass tab is a link between the top and bottom receptacles that allow them to be isolated from one another for applications such as a wall outlet that has one receptacle controlled by the wall switch while the other receptacle is hot all the time. The hot source at the outlet is spliced to the black wire running to the switch and the hot wires running to the other outlets in. To do this simply remove the breakaway fin tab between the brass terminals hot as shown in fig. Connect the remaining white wires to silver terminals.

Power is at the switch 12 2 switch leg wire to each outlet. The following diagrams show each wiring configuration. Can the half hots be wired in this configuration without 12 3 wire. Splice the remaining black wires and the white switch wire together with a pigtail.

To connect the switches simply score the wire with your wire stripper and push the insulation to expose about 3 4 in. A switch and outlet combo can be configured in several ways. Connect the pigtail to the other brass terminal. Switch and the outlet can have different lines in.

Here a switch has been added to control an existing receptacle. The switch takes the hot from the middle receptacle here and 3 wire cable runs from there to the new switch location. Wiring a split switched outlet. Since the black wire will provide the incoming power when the circuit is re energized this connection will allow for the switch to control power to the receptacle.

If two cables originally entered the receptacle box connect the grounds and mark the white switch wire black. Switch can control the light only. Connect the last switch in the usual manner looping the wire around the screw in a clockwise direction. Connect this jumper wire back to the switch terminal.

If you re running out of outlets to plug things into installing a switch outlet combo is a great way to squeeze in another receptacle without completely wiring in a new outlet or sacrificing existing outlets or switches. This cannot be accomplished with a single 12 2 wire it. How to wire half hot switched outlets. Switch can control the light and outlet.

Wall outlet switch wiring diagram. 12 2 wire jumps from outlet to outlet. Install the new black wire previously connected to the new switch to the location on the second receptacle where the black wire was previously removed. If power enters the switch first each outlet will require a hot wire a switched wire a neutral and a ground.

Now remove the wire cap from the two white wires in the box add the white wire from the outlet and reset the cap. Ground connection diagram is shown separately. How to wire a switch and outlet combo. In this wiring the outlet operation has been split into two parts i e.

Instead of running a separate pigtail from the hot wire to each switch just leave the hot wire extra long.