Hooking Up Light Switch

Here s how to wire a three way switch with easy tips from the family handyman.

Hooking up light switch. Follow my switched outlet wiring diagram to learn how. The purpose is to make or break circuit. Switched outlet wiring diagram. If there is a grounding terminal now simply hook the black wire to the bottom terminal and the white wire to the top terminal.

The how to video uses a 15. Want to turn a lamp on with a light switch. The light will work. Hook up the ground wire to the box and then to the switch.

The switch has two poles one for incoming supply line and other leading up to light fixture. Sometimes it is handy to have an outlet controlled by a switch. How to wire a single pole light switch in this video we look at how a single pole light switch works and the different ways to wire a light circuit. Short version how what and where to do with the three wires on that photocell you want to use to automatically turn your lights on at dusk and off at dawn.

The source hot at the switch is spliced with the red cable wire to the outlet and a pigtail to the switch. At the receptacle the red connects to the top half of the outlet. Three wire cable runs from the switch to the outlet providing two hot wires to that location. The video covers how to wire a basic 15 amp single pole light switch with 14 2 electrical wire.

You only have live wire going through light switch. Looking to have an outlet be controlled by a switch. The video tutorial goes through the rough in installation and hookup process for a single pole light switch in a residential home. You can swap them if you want.

Push the switch into the box and screw it in. The white or neutral wires bypass the switch so the one coming from the power source and the one from the light get spliced and capped in the box. In the tutorial viewers will see the use of. Turn on the power and test the switch.

The black cable wire runs from the switch to the bottom half of the outlet.