I have a light over my outdoor sink and it has plug. I want to wire a light switch to control an out let so I can turn off the light with out reaching up turning the knob to turn it off. My wife is preety shor and she can not reach the knob.

 

What? I don't understand what you're asking.

 

Are you saying the light is plugged into a receptacle and you want to put the side of the receptacle that the light is plugged into on a switch?

 

Using a switch to control a duplex receptacle, either one of the two receptacles or both, is not difficult. But first, do you have a place to mount the switch, either by doubling the size of the box the receptacle is in or by mounting a separate single-gang box?

 

yes box is a 4 gang box, alredy mounted and ready to wire. the light will be plugged into the recepticle and the light switch will control it.

 

Break the tab on the brass side of the receptacle.
Leave the white wire connected to the silver side.
Connect the black power in wire to two pigtails.
Connect one of those pigtails to the receptacle brass screw and the other to the switch.
Connect a jumper between the other switch screw and the other receptacle brass screw.

 

Ok, now I get it.

Have you wired anything before? This is not complex, you're just creating a switched receptacle.

 

No, it isn't hard to do, but it's an outside receptacle.

I'd like to know if the light and receptacle are exposed to the weather? Is it GFCI protected? Does it have a weatherproof in-use cover?

 

Is this a wet location or a damp location?

 

Thanks, got it wired. Just having a brain fart as to wire it. Ounce I stop drinking and sobbered up it was crystal clear, just kidding. The switch is just a control to shut off the power to the outlet. just wired black from power source to the top of the switch and to a black wire and wired it to the outlet and took the white coming in from power source to the outlet and tied all the ground wires together checked my out with a circuit tester and everything was wired correctly. And yes it is in water proof box which I do not need because it is under a cover and has a GFCI as well.

 

That would most likely be considered a damp location. Is it all wired in conduit? Could also be done with UF cable, but NM cable would not be allowed.

 

Every thing I do outside is always run conduit.