It doesnt matter if you reverse the two switch wires to a single pole dimmer. Wiring an outlet to a switch loop.
How To Replace A Light Switch With A Switch Outlet Combo
Wiring a dimmer switch to an outlet. To connect the switches simply score the wire with your wire stripper and push the insulation to expose about 34 in. I can detect that the outlet is hot using my voltage detector when the dimmer switch is all the way on but it pulses. My gfci tester shows an open hot. A switch loop single pole switches light dimmer and a few choices for wiring a outlet switch combo device. Remove 34 inch of casing from the end of the house wires and the dimmer switch wires if needed. We have one outlet that is tied to a dimmer switch on the opposite side of the room.
Turn the nut clockwise by hand until the connection is tight. Instead of running a separate pigtail from the hot wire to each switch just leave the hot wire extra long. The hot source wire is removed from the receptacle and spliced to the red wire running to the switch. The source is at the outlet and a switch loop is added to a new switch. How to install electrical outlet and switch combo wiring in most cases the primary power source is shared between the switch and the outlet either with a wire jumper or the bridge or tab that is located on the side of the combo switch and outlet. Heres how to connect a three way dimmer switch.
Now remove the wire cap from the two white wires in the box add the white wire from the outlet and reset the cap. If more pressure is needed continue turning the nut using combination pliers. Electrical wiring for a switch outlet combination. Remove the black line wire from the switch twist it together with the black wire going to the receptacle and add a six inch length of black wire of the same gauge. This page contains wiring diagrams for household light switches and includes. If the house wires are bent use a wire stripper to cut off the twisted ends.
With conventional dimmer wiring using nm cable a nm cable supplies line voltage from the electrical panel to the dimmer outlet box. This wiring diagram illustrates adding wiring for a light switch to control an existing wall outlet. But if youre replacing a three way switch with a three way dimmer label the common wire itll be labeled on the old switch when you remove the old switch so you can connect it to the common terminal on the dimmer. Connect the bare copper ground pigtail the ground wire from the power supply and the ground from the dimmer switch box together with a wire nut. Another nm cable connects from this dimmer box to the light fixture box. The outlet doesnt work.
I get about 6 7 beeps then it skips one beeps 6 7 more times skips continue. Also included are wiring arrangements for multiple light fixtures controlled by one switch two switches on one box and a split receptacle controlled by two. Connect the ground wire from your dimmer to a green or bare copper wire in the wall box. Connect the last switch in the usual manner looping the wire around the screw in a clockwise direction. Both line and neutral travel from the switch box to the light fixture box. Connect this jumper wire back to the switch terminal.
Gallery of Wiring A Dimmer Switch To An Outlet
