I have a light switch in my garage that controls the attic light. I want to change that switch to a combination switch/outlet. I have 3 sets of 3 wires coming from the box in the wall. In the upper left hand corner there is a black, white, and copper wire. In the upper right hand corner. there are two diffrent set of wires both have a black, white and copper wire. The way the switch is hooked up now all white wires are twisted together with with a wire cap, all copper wires are twisted together with a wire cap. black wire from left side and one black wire from right side twisted together with feeder wire this wire is in top hole of switch. Last black wire is in bottom hole of switch. My question is can I use these wires to install the combination switch/outlet. If so how do I do this with available wires. I do not want the swith that will turns the attic light on to be on for the outlet to work. Can I achieve this goal with the wires I have. Please Help

I am adding a ceiling fan in a basement room without any existing wiring. I am trying to run the power from a GFI outlet through a regular light switch and on to the ceiling fan. The problem is every time I flip the switch I blow a breaker. When I bypass the light switch and run the power straight to the fan, everything is fine. I wired (14-2wire) the light switch with the bare copper wires togather, the black(neutral?) wires togather on the one brass screw, and the white(hot?) wires, one on each side of the switch in the push connections, next to the two silver scews. Please tell me what I am doing wrong.