Hi Dan
Step One
(Refer to Figure 1.) Connect the ground (bare wire) wire to the device box
and cut it off approximately one inch past the ground screw.
Connect the black wire to one screw and the white wire (hot) to the other
screw on the switch.
Figure 1.
Note: This is the only time
Actually, the third choice is the best one. Unless it is a 3 way switch, all
you need to do is break the black wire. What usually happens is the line is
run from a power source, be it an outlet or a breaker box or any number of
other options. Then the line runs through the switch box and on
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- Original Message -
From: Ray Boyce
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:56 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Wiring a switch.
Hi Dan
Step One
(Refer to Figure 1
Dan,
The standard is pretty much your option 2. You run the power to the light
fixture (octagon box) as well as the switch leg. If you're using standard
Romex for the switch leg, connect the white to the black power source and the
black (switched leg) to the fixture so that the fixture gets
Choice 1 and 2 are both ok. Mostly choice. Many electricians like to run the
power in the ceiling and drop off for the switch. Others prefer to run power
horizontally through the studs catching outlets and switches, then running a
line up to the light. Yes the white wire in number one is
. Leaving the white
wire along.
- Original Message -
From: Ron Yearns
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 16:38
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Wiring a switch.
Choice 1 and 2 are both ok. Mostly choice. Many electricians like to run
, February 05, 2010 3:19 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Wiring a switch.
I don't like the sounds of that one at all. I agree 14 gauge is code in this
country for lighting, but 12 is the acceptable for most outlet power.
Beyond that, you don't want to be mixing
Choice two is the more common. You bring power to the junction box in the
ceiling and break the black which runs down to the switch then comes back
white. If it is double switched then it comes back white but the reds are
joined in the junction box to form an alternate path.
It is not against
