How To Wire A Wall Light Switch

Attach the wires in the box to the appropriate terminal top or bottom on the new switch.

How to wire a wall light switch.

The wire from the top terminal should be positioned differently from the wire from the bottom terminal. Connect the source wire to the bottom terminal of the switch and the other black wire to the top terminal. The ground wires splice together and bond to the switch and the box. Wiring an outlet to a switch loop.

The source neutral wire is spliced to the neutral on the receptacle half of the combo device and to the white cable wire running to the light. Switched white wires are shown in a different wiring diagram. The hot source wire is removed from the receptacle and spliced to the red wire running to the switch. In this picture you can see the strip gauge on the back of the switch.

The video covers how to wire a basic 15 amp single pole light switch with 14 2 electrical wire. The source is at the outlet and a switch loop is added to a new switch. Strip insulation away on each wire to expose 3 8 inch 0 9525 cm of wire. The earth wire will need a small piece of earth sleeving over it.

Leave an end terminal free and join both lives red in the other end terminal then both earths then both neutrals black. The white neutral wires splice together. Fix this junction box securely to a joist or rafter. This wiring diagram illustrates adding wiring for a light switch to control an existing wall outlet.

The black wire power out wiring attaches to the other switch screw terminal. Strip the ends of both wall light cables and fix them into a 4 terminal 15amp junction box. In the tutorial viewers will see the use of. Two wire cable runs from the combo to the light fixture and the switch output is connected to the black wire running to the fixture hot terminal.

At the light it connects to the neutral terminal. Simply strip the wire to the length specified and push the wire into the hole.