How To Wire A Light Switch - EASY Single Pole Switch STEP BY STEP Wiring Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- In this video I will show you how to wire a light switch. Wiring a light switch involves stripping wire, using a screw driver, and basic electrical work. I show you how to wire two light switches in a two gang switch box as well. I hope you enjoy this how to wire a switch tutorial that is step by step!
When wiring a light switch it is very important to consider safety first. Electricity can be very dangerous. This video is for entertainment purposes ONLY!
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Timestamps
Intro 00:00
Safety First 02:02
How to wire a single pole switch in a single gang box 02:18
How to strip the casing/jacket from a wire 02:26
How to tie ground wires together 03:17
How to strip wires 04:16
How to use needle nose pliers to make the hook on a wire 04:45
How to tie neutral wires together 05:12
How to connect wires to a switch 05:55
How to install a switch in a switch box 08:08
How to wire two single pole switches in a two gang box 09:17
How to make pig tails 12:10
Disclaimer: This video is all based on my personal opinion and is for entertainment purposes ONLY. I am not a financial advisor, CPA, attorney, tax advisor, electrician, plumber, housing contractor, designer, or any type of profession to give advice. I am just a consumer sharing my experiences and research. If you do need knowledge for those types of things, I will advise you to seek help for those professionals. 
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Hey Team! I placed timestamps below 👇 to help you navigate the video. Hope it helps!
Safety First 02:02
How to wire a single pole switch in a single gang box 02:18
How to strip the casing/jacket from a wire 02:26
How to tie ground wires together 03:17
How to strip wires 04:16
How to use needle nose pliers to make the hook on a wire 04:45
How to tie neutral wires together 05:12
How to connect wires to a switch 05:55
How to install a switch in a switch box 08:08
How to wire two single pole switches in a two gang box 09:17
How to make pig tails 12:10
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Awesome...easy to understand...loved how you went over the wiring once all switches were connected.
Very nice video. A suggestion for making your wire nut connections more reliable. Strip the wires longer, twist them together, cut off any excess, and install the wire nut.
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Great video man. I had to rewatch the pigtails because I didn't realize you had one coming in and one continuing. Lol. Makes sense now. I definitely feel comfortable doing it now.
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I like to keep all my receptacles off my lighting circuit. I'll use 14 2 wire on 15amp circuit, makes stuffing a light box a lot easier.
Appreciate your skills, and patient. Great demonstration on how to do it right
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Just wanted to say thank you for your help. Your video helped me solve a light switch issue at my new home. The switch was wired wrong and your video helped me fix this issue.
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On the blue single pole switch, you will notice there are "notches" next to the ears, those are actually wire strippers as well, one end is for 12 ga and the other end is smaller for 14 ga wire. Just in case you don't have wire strippers. or don't want to use a knife just insert the wire and spin the switch it'll cut the coatings.
Thank you for making this look easy made me more confident in what I'm doing
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Great explanation, as always...well done!
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I'm hoping we'll see 👀 a video 📹 on rerouting a couple of receptacles from under an ..almost.. door size window 🪟 from under the window to over the window header when the drywall has already been installed..
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This video has been very helpful. Keep it up!
Nice video to learn. Thanks
Fantastic video! Answered so many questions that I had. Thank you for putting these videos together!
Great tutorial.
Love how simple u make it look I am coranley learning how to be a electrician
Really appreciate your very clear explanation, I bought a house, fixing it myself, but don't know anything about electricity, now I'm ready with your valuable help. God bless you brother.
Why you need 2+2 black cables in the pigtail for the two switches? Is just power black + 2 extensions black cables enough? I want to install 3 switches in one box and don't have much space so plan to try one power and 3 extension, hope it will work
The newer switches & receptacles both the hook and the straight-in slot and then tighten down. I prefer the prefer the slots because they are easier to slide-in & tighten down. These cannot be pulled out! And there even better ones that have locking-snaps. I haven’t seen them in stores yet, but I am looking for them!
Excellent,you explain excellent.
Great video!! Thanks
Thanks for all the hard work you do to help alot of us Josh may God continue to bless you 👀👌👍🙏
Thanks you Patrick! God bless you too friend. I appreciate your support!
Thank you very much! This video helped me undo a half hot and switch over the it’s light switch to the fan switch 🤗
Love your channel. Keep up the great work.
Thank you Mark! I will be making lots of content. Stay tuned for more!
Great job 👍
Excellent job!! I use a green wire nut for the grounds but your way definitely saves a little space in the box.
Yep I went over how to use the green nut in a video before and I like them too. Thanks!
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Great job man.. appreciate the info. I have a kitchen rebuild I'm not looking forward to at all.. lol..
Thank you, Josh
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Thanks for taking your time to share
You are welcome Albert!
Thank you 🙏🏽
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Nice keep going 👏 👍 always the powe or hot going down of switch if you have 2 switches
Thanks this was a life saver.
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Good job.
Thanks
Great video answered all my confusion. What if you only have only three sets of 12-2 romex coming into box? Do you wir differently?
Cool subbed! Thanks Josh!!
Awesome video!
Thanks for your videos I had learned a lot from you my friend so now I know how to fix mine switch and outlet from my bathroom which I did successfully…they helped me how to figuring out… god bless you
I’m glad I can help you out Jose. Good luck with the rest of your projects. Thanks for watching!
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Great to hear! Good luck with your project!
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Great video I only know the basic of electrical . you explaining things so easy thanks for sharing 👍
I appreciate your comment Leonel! I do not know everything about electrical but I know enough to wire my own house. I’m glad you are enjoying my content. Thanks for watching!
I have 2 questions.
1. How are the receptacles powered after the light switch? Like how does the power get to the electrical outlets for devices?
2. The pigtail concept, why do you need it? It seems to just extend the live wires. If they're already long enough what benefit comes from the pig tails?
I love your videos brother,
May God always bless you.
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Thank you Jean. Good luck with your project!
Good work best of all
Thank you again Josh👍
Thanks for watching!
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Thank you! Awesome! I hope it helps you.
Well explained 😆.
What does neutral wires do?
What does white wires do?
What does black wires do?
What does ground wires do?
What does copper wires do?
Why do you need to rewire the lights and power for the fan separately?
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Awesome Robert! I’m glad you are finding value in my channel. Stay tuned for more!
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Thank you for letting me know how much I appreciated the video. Thank you for watching. Good luck on your project!
Watching how to wire single pole light switch. Very informative?could I use a jumper from hot instead of 12/3 wire??
Excellent video brother! Bought a Bluetooth ceiling fan and was absolutely lost on how to wire it. I'm 39 years old n I had to call my daddy to hold my hand thru the entire wiring. Nothing makes you feel less of a man than having to calling a real man for help lol. After watching this video I feel like a dumbass bc of how simple it really is. Great tutorial! You got yourself a new subscriber.
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Very good video like always 👍
Thanks Noah! I appreciate that!
thanks man i just started not too long ago
I really love these videos and I really need a training for these
Great to hear. Thanks for watching my videos! If you keep practicing he will get better with each job. Good luck with your project!