Ideal Connecting A Light Switch

If this is what you see when you remove your wall plate you are a go for hardwired automated light switchs.

Connecting a light switch. If i can do it so can you. The switch serves to cut the power from reaching the light switch. The black hot connection is broken to turn the light on off the white neutral connection completes the circuit.

The red wire from the feed cable is connected to the top terminal the red wire going to the light is connected to the bottom terminal the black wires from both cables are connected together in a plastic terminal block and the earth wires are connected to the earth terminal. How to wire 2 way light switch in this video we explain how two way switching works to connect a light fitting which is controlled with two light switches. The white or neutral wire bypasses the switch and goes straight to your lights.

The video covers how to wire a basic 15 amp single pole light switch with 14 2 electrical wire. How to wire a one way lighting circuit in this tutorial i show how to wire a one way light switch i show how a 1 way and 2 way light switch works i expla. A standard single pole light switch will simply require you to attach the black load wire into it and then the black wire leaving the switch and to your lights.

Connect the source wire to the bottom terminal of the switch and the other black wire to the top terminal. The cable going to the light switch is connected as follows fig 2. Yet here i am adding a switch to an existing light.

This gauge is when you want to use the quick connect method when wiring a light switch. The bare hopefully solid copper wire is the ground. In this picture you can see the strip gauge on the back of the switch.

If you are using a plastic switch the earth wires will need to be connected to the terminal in the terminal box as shown above because there are no. I really don t know hardly anything about electricity. Simply strip the wire to the length specified and push the wire into the hole.