For those of us using led fluorescent or some other energy efficient bulbs under 20w a neutral is required. Wire a light switch video tutorial guide the above wiring a light switch connection is too simple.
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How to wire a light bulb to a switch. 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. Stripping and twisting wires together and adding a wire nut takes only a minute or two. In the tutorial viewers will see the use of. Adding a new light is easy because you can wire it to the existing light. If the power goes from the switch to the light then turning off the switch will cut power and make it safe. Plus the existing switch will control both lights.
At the light it connects to the neutral terminal. If youre adding a separate single switch this is the wire youll use to power both switches. Some rooms remain dark and dreary with a single ceiling or wall light fixture. In your switch box you will only have one black one white and one ground wire. Now turn off the power to the switch at the main electrical panel. The most common requirement of any hardwired automated light switch is a neutral wire.
Take note of which wire causes the tester to light up. If you have the chance wire your lights this way as it is the easiest scenario. Your switch may have slots to push the wires straight into place rather than use the screws on the side. You need to connect your neutral wire to light socket and hot wire to the switch and from the switch you connect the wire to light bulb socket other free terminal and ground wire to the one way switch earthling point as i shown in the below diagram. The video covers how to wire a basic 15 amp single pole light switch with 142 electrical wire. Next bend the wire into a pig tail loop so that you can easily attach to the screws on the light switch.
Wire strippers utility knife needle nose pliers and. If the power runs to the light then the switch there will still be a live wire in play regardless of the switch position. Hook up the ground wire to the box and then to the switch. If there is a grounding terminal now simply hook the black wire to the bottom terminal and the white wire to the top terminal. This is the hot wire and the one youll connect to the hot side of the new double switch. 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.
Yes there are a fewread very very very few switches that dont require a neutral but those will limit you to incandescent only. The wire strippers should have a spot marked for each gauge wire.
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