How To Convert A Light Switch To An Outlet

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How to convert a light switch to an outlet. This is the most likely of the nine ways that a three way single light would commonly be connected. Note that you don t have to purchase a two way switch. Converting a light fixture to a power outlet can be done in two ways. One will be the power line coming from the breaker box and the other will be the wires connected from the light switch to the light fixture.

Convert a light switch to an outlet remove the black wires from the switch screw a wire cap on the dead one and push it back into the box out of the way. The switches are about 5 apart on adjacent walls as the room is small and the exterior door and interior door are just a few steps from one another. 12 9 17 its over 9000. Convert that switched plug to a new ceiling light.

Tired of your old table lamp that turns on and off via a switched plug. I want to convert the 3 way by the exterior door to an outlet for a power center. The first way is really simple and doesn t require any electrical knowledge or understanding whatsoever. The wire feeding the actual fixture must not be white and must not be a white that has been re marked as hot.

Turn the power back on and make sure that the outlet works properly by plugging in a lamp and checking to see that the light switch turns the lamp on and off. Next mount the faceplate over the outlet and secure it with the small flathead screw. The light switch is on our bathroom wall and control s only a single light on the ceiling. Make sure to read the following information because converting a light switch into an outlet requires specific electrical wiring which is best verified using a voltage tester.

It has an overhead light controlled by 2 3 way switches. With the outlet in place use the two included screws to affix the outlet to the junction box. If your cabling looks like this then you can change the bathroom switch to an outlet like this. Just use one of the traveler terminals and ignore the other.

We don t need the light any more so i removed the light fixture from the ceiling and put caps on the exposed wires. I am finishing an existing mudroom off of my garage. A white wire may be used to feed the hot connection to. To do this you simply purchase a screw in adapter that will screw into your light socket like a light bulb but it will have a plug or two on the end of it.

Be sure none of the exposed wire is showing under the cap because if it is you could contact it with your tools or it could touch another wire. Yes a switch can be converted into an outlet if the wiring can be identified back at the source and one of the wires the neutral or white can be connected to the neutral source. Very much a newbie at wiring but have to start somewhere. Other cases would be handled.