outlet wiring to switch
#1
09-19-20, 08:29 AM
outlet wiring to switch
I have a couple of rooms that don't have ceiling lights, I know that you can plug light fixtures in wall and turn them on with light switch. I have done that, but they will not turn on, could it be wired wrong in one or the other
#2
09-19-20, 09:58 AM
Group Moderator
Not totally clear.
You have wall switches with no ceiling lights.
Is there a blank cover in the center of the ceiling or nothing at all ?
Usually if there is a switched duplex..... one receptacle is always live and one is switched.
Have you checked every receptacle.... top and bottom ?
You have wall switches with no ceiling lights.
Is there a blank cover in the center of the ceiling or nothing at all ?
Usually if there is a switched duplex..... one receptacle is always live and one is switched.
Have you checked every receptacle.... top and bottom ?
#5
09-19-20, 07:51 PM
Group Moderator
but they will not turn on
What you are saying is that some or part of a receptacle is not working if "they will not turn on".
Do you mean that all receptacles are live and nothing shuts off with the switch ?
#9
09-20-20, 02:02 PM
Group Moderator
What you would need to do now is turn off the circuit that controls the receptacles. Pull them out one at a time without disconnecting any wires and see what wires are connected to the receptacles. You could describe each location or post a picture of it.
#10
09-21-20, 03:42 PM
no, they never worked with the wall switch, that is how they were when we moved in. The outlet it self, works with a lamp plugged into it, and I have to turn it on and off on the lamps.
#11
09-21-20, 05:59 PM
Third try
If you had a half switched receptacle and someone changed it without cutting the tab on the hot side, the switch would no longer work. All the receptacles would be live always.
If you had a half switched receptacle and someone changed it without cutting the tab on the hot side, the switch would no longer work. All the receptacles would be live always.
