The black hot connection is broken to turn the light onoff the white neutral connection completes the circuit. Connect the wires to the new 3 way switches with ground screws using one of the two wiring diagrams fig.
One Way Light Switch
How to wire up a light switch. The video covers how to wire a basic 15 amp single pole light switch with 142 electrical wire. Black wire this is the hot or load wire. This is a diagram of a switch with a neutral. 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. Wire strippers utility knife needle nose pliers and. Bare copper green wire this is your ground wire.
This light switch wiring diagram page will help you to master one of the most basic do it yourself projects around your house. This site is merely. It protects from static build up and from electrical insulation failure in short its only job is to make your home safer. Feed a length of 14 3 type nm cable or 12 3 if youre connecting to 12 gauge wire between the two boxes. In the tutorial viewers will see the use of. At the light it connects to the neutral terminal.
Hey doing it yourself is great but if you are unsure of the advice given or the methods in which to job is done dont do it. Second twist the two white wires together and screw on a wire nut. First of all we should connect the ground wires to the box. Wiring a light switch is not as difficult as you might think it is. Wiring a single pole light switch. Basic knowledge of how to wire a light 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. If the light switch has a ground screw on it usually green and at the bottom of the switch connect it now. White black and red plus a bare ground wire. Basic electrical work can be done by following a few simple steps. In this video i show you step by step how to wire a light switch. The 14 3 cable has three insulated conductors.
White wire this is the neutral wire. The bare hopefully solid copper wire is the ground. Assuming it is a steel box. Red wire this wire is used for 3 or 4 way switches and will connect the switches together so they can each control your lights.
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