converting pull string lights to wall switch
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03-25-08, 11:49 AM
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converting pull string lights to wall switch
I have 2 pull string lights on the same circuit that I would like to put onto 2 separate wall switches. What is going to be the easiest way to accomplish this? The one on the end of the line is fairly straight forward but the middle one is giving me a headache. Thanks.
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03-25-08, 12:05 PM
Simple. Answer af ew questions and I can show you.
Where do the cable for your switch connect in? One at each light or both at the middle light?
Where do the cable for your switch connect in? One at each light or both at the middle light?
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I haven't ran cables for the switches yet. I want each light to be on a separate switch because they are going to be in different rooms. Like the bottom picture I would say. What are your solid yellow circles?
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I think the bottom picture is what you want to do. All you would need to do is run ONE new cable from the light you want to control to a switch. You would configure it as a switch loop. Notice how the hot wire at the light connects to the white wire of the cable that runs to the switch.
What kind of wiring already exists? You may not be allowed to extend the circuit; I’ll let the experts weigh in on that.
What kind of wiring already exists? You may not be allowed to extend the circuit; I’ll let the experts weigh in on that.
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03-26-08, 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Douglas_F
I haven't ran cables for the switches yet. I want each light to be on a separate switch because they are going to be in different rooms. Like the bottom picture I would say. What are your solid yellow circles?
but a head up if you going to run switch loop as what Joed show ya just remark one of the white wire in the switch loop so you know one of them is hot not netrual by mistake in case someone else have funny idea at later date [ i did see that happen pretty often in my trade
]Strategery.,, however with codewise if the exsting circuit is ungrounding [ no bare wire or green wire ] you can not extend it unless it have ground wire there allready [ i did see quite few place where some of the diy's did cut the ground wire off for crazy reason however that diffrent story for now ]
Merci,Marc
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03-26-08, 08:28 PM
It is required by code to have the fixture connected to a white and a coloured wire(usually black or red). By bringing power TO the switch on the white the black becomes the hot wire for the fixture. The fixture connects to a white and a black instead of two whites.
OOPS why switch the hot.
Because if you switch the hot off there is no power at the fixture. If you switch the neutral the fixture is always hot even when it is switched off.
OOPS why switch the hot.
Because if you switch the hot off there is no power at the fixture. If you switch the neutral the fixture is always hot even when it is switched off.
