Wall outlet switch wiring diagram. In this diagram 2 wire cable runs between sw1 and the outlet.
Wire An Outlet
Switch to outlet diagram. The switch takes the hot from the middle receptacle here and 3 wire cable runs from there to the new switch location. If one half of a duplex outlet is controlled by a wall switch then the hot tab and possibly the neutral tab will be broken off. In any case when you replace an old outlet check to see. Here a switch has been added to control an existing receptacle. Wiring a switch to a wall outlet. Here a receptacle outlet is controlled with a single pole switch.
Notice that these outlets have the tab removed from the hot side or brass side of the outlet which allows the top half of the plug to be controlled only from the switch. This is commonly used to turn a table lamp on and off when entering a room. Or if the top and bottom outlets of a duplex receptacle are powered by two different circuits the hot tab and possibly the neutral tab will be removed. The same wiring diagram can be used if the power is instead coming from another outlet and connected to one of the depicted outlets on the end. The diagram below shows the power entering the circuit at the grounded outlet box location then sending power up to the switch and a switched leg back down to the outlet. In this wiring diagram the builtin switch in the combo device controls a lighting point whereas outlet can be used for other loads.
The source is at sw1 and the hot wire is connected to one of the terminals there. Wiring an outlet to the combo switch outlet. The hot source at the outlet is spliced to the black wire running to the switch and the hot wires running to the other outlets in. To add an additional outlet to the combo device simple connect the line neutral and ground terminals as shown in the fig below. Switched outlet diagram with hot and a neutral entering the switch box. From there a 3 conductor cable is installed to a.
In the wiring diagram above a hot and a neutral enter the single pole switch box.
Gallery of Switch To Outlet Diagram
