Getting rid of a light switch
#1
10-08-04, 08:36 AM
Getting rid of a light switch
Hi all! I just knocked down my closet and there was a light switch on the wall. I cut the wires and got rid of the switch. Now I have 3 wires coming in: 1 black, 1 red, and 1 white, and 2 wires going out to the outlets: 1 black and 1 white. How do I connect these wires back together so that I get power back to the outlets? And I want to bury this mess under the floor. Is that okay?
#2
10-08-04, 08:43 AM
No, you cannot "bury this mess under the floor" or anywhere. The wire connection must remain in a permanently accessible junction box. Just install a junction box with a blank cover.
To remove the switch,m simply take the two wires that were connected to the switch and connect them together with a wire nut. The other wires should remain as they were.
What did this switch control? Keep in mind that the room needs to have a switch that controls either a ceiling light or a wall receptacle. in most cases you cannot simply eliminate a switch without providing a replacement.
To remove the switch,m simply take the two wires that were connected to the switch and connect them together with a wire nut. The other wires should remain as they were.
What did this switch control? Keep in mind that the room needs to have a switch that controls either a ceiling light or a wall receptacle. in most cases you cannot simply eliminate a switch without providing a replacement.
#6
10-08-04, 09:52 AM
What is the wiring at the receptacles? Were all the receptacles controlled by the switch? Was only one receptacle controlled by the switch? Half a receptacle?
I'm not trying to be a pain in the butt, I do believe I know how you should connect the wires. What I am trying to do is to make you figure it out for yourself. And, at the same time, realize the mistake you made. Then, hopefully, you won;t make the same mistake again and you will be able to figure it out on your own.
I'm not trying to be a pain in the butt, I do believe I know how you should connect the wires. What I am trying to do is to make you figure it out for yourself. And, at the same time, realize the mistake you made. Then, hopefully, you won;t make the same mistake again and you will be able to figure it out on your own.
#7
10-08-04, 11:20 AM
The switch probably controlled 1/2 of the recetptacles. I would connect the blacks and the red together and the whites together. What ever the switch controlled will now be premanently on.
