Smart Adding A Plug To A Light Switch

1 x 2 prong polarized plug or a 3 prong.

Adding a plug to a light switch. This receptacle can not be added to a switch wired as a loop to control the light. It just takes one cheap part to make this switch. Even a novice can add electrical outlets to existing light switches already operating in his home.

Hook up the outlet as you normally would. Just unscrew the connector add the white wire from your receptacle and screw them all back together. The switch will have two black wires connected to it.

How to wire up a electrical outlet to a light switch. The switch must have an always hot wire for the source and a neutral wire must be present for the return path. The neutral is spliced in the switch box to both the existing light and the white neutral wire to the new location.

Turn off breaker to cct rough in a 2 c from the switch to the light with the power supply connect light neutral to cct neutral light power to black going to the new switch and then the white wire coming fromthe switch ties in to the cct power mark white wire with black tape. Here s an illustrated tutorial on how to add a plug to a hardwired light fixture. Lastly the new ground wire is spliced with the.

One goes to the lights and one goes to your electrical panel. 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. If you attach it to the other black wire.

Here the hot source is spliced with a pigtail back to the switch and to the black wire on a new 2 wire cable running to the new outlet. You then splice all the white wires and all the ground wires in the switch box together. Once the plug is added a chandelier can go anywhere an extension cord can.