How To Wire Light Switch

As a homeowner you will likely need to replace a light switch many times and paying an electrician is not optimal when you can do it in just a few minutes.

How to wire light switch. This diagram illustrates wiring for one switch to control 2 or more lights. A one way light switch has two terminals which is a common marked as com or c. The other terminal is marked as l1 and is the output to the light fixture. Our instructions on how to wire a light switch for a standard light switch a three way light switch and a four way.

In this picture you can see the strip gauge on the back of the switch. Wiring a one way switch. Questions about wiring switches. Simply strip the wire to the length specified and push the wire into the hole.

Multiple light wiring diagram. Just click the wiring diagrams. Connect the source wire to the bottom terminal of the switch and the other black wire to the top terminal. For those of us using led fluorescent or some other energy efficient bulbs under 20w a neutral is required.

How to wire a gfci and outlet to a light switch. Yes there are a few read very very very few switches that don t require a neutral but those will limit you to incandescent only. Although plug in connections may be more convenient they are less reliable than those with screw terminals so don t use them. If the power goes from the switch to the light then turning off the switch will cut power and make it safe.

The source is at sw1 and 2 wire cable runs from there to the fixtures. The hot and neutral terminals on each fixture are spliced with a pigtail to the circuit wires which then continue on to the next light. This gauge is when you want to use the quick connect method when wiring a light switch. How to wire a light switch learning how to wire a light switch is one of the basic skills that every homeowner should do.

The most common requirement of any hardwired automated light switch is a neutral wire. The common is for the live wire that supplies the input voltage to the switch. Fully explained wiring instructions complete with a picture series of an installation and wiring diagrams can be found here in the gfi and light switch area here in this website. Most modern switches have screw terminals on each side and may also have holes in the back to accept the end of the wire.

First run a 2 wire cable from the wall power to the black screw on 1 of the switches.