Wiring 2 toggle switch/outlets
#1
11-23-18, 10:20 AM
Wiring 2 toggle switch/outlets
Currently i have 2 light switches, side by side for different lights. It has 4 wire bundles coming in. 1 for each light, and 1 for the power in/power out to other outlets. What i want to do is wire it to keep the lights but add outlets to them with toggle switch/outlets. Im just trying to figure out how to wire everything together. Anything helps. attached is a rough drawing of my current situation.
#3
11-23-18, 12:23 PM
No, i want the power receptacles to be powered at all times and the switches to just control the lights. I may have figured it out, but any input would be great.
#5
11-23-18, 10:09 PM
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Greens/grounds not shown but need to be connected.
Typically the hot side of the receptacle has two screws tied together with a jumper clip. If your switch is not like as I've drawn it then I'll need a part number for it to eliminate guessing. I used red to show the light/switched lines just to keep them from blending in to the black hot wires.
Basically all whites get tied together with two tails added to connect to the silver screw on the receptacle.
The two hot in and out get connected together and two tails added to that to connect to the hot side of the receptacle.
The light connects to the single screw on the opposite side from power.
Typically the hot side of the receptacle has two screws tied together with a jumper clip. If your switch is not like as I've drawn it then I'll need a part number for it to eliminate guessing. I used red to show the light/switched lines just to keep them from blending in to the black hot wires.
Basically all whites get tied together with two tails added to connect to the silver screw on the receptacle.
The two hot in and out get connected together and two tails added to that to connect to the hot side of the receptacle.
The light connects to the single screw on the opposite side from power.
#6
11-26-18, 01:55 AM
PJmax, you are correct about those screws tied together. Thanks for the illustration. It just verified how i tied everything together already. I'm a bit impatient so i figured it out. But always nice to have verification!
