Single Pole Switch Lighting Circuits - How to wire a light switch
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2019
- How to wire a single pole light switch, in this video we look at how a single pole light switch works and the different ways to wire a light circuit. This is the most basic light circuit using just a single pole light switch.
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Hey question about this video please! The very last example shows neutral being terminated inside of the switch box. Why is that? Is that because you would splice into the hot wire so you have both neutral and hot there in the box?
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@@misternormL It's a new electrical code requirement to future-proof for smart switches in the wall. I talked more about it in another comment here.
Why is it that you prefer to put the line wire or incoming power on the bottom terminal of the switch? Its strange because most electricians ik who have a preference will say to put it on the top terminal. If you answer, I will definitely buy you a coffee.
Thank you for you simple explanation with minimal introduction along with clear diagrams. Extremely well done!! You've earned a subscriber for sure.
I'm wiring my kids bedroom this coming week and this will help a ton
I’m a first year electrician and you have really helped me strive in my development electrical career!! Thank you!!! Keep up the great videos
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2 years later just curious what level your at now ?
Same here, just started second year and realized I didn't know how to wire a switch!
Same here broski! I hope yours gone well so far!
You finally allowed me to finish my diy lighting project in my garage that I've fumbled with for two years. Thank you very much!
Excuse the following "manplanation": I just bought a gutted house from the city of Detroit and it's over 100 years old. Needless to say, there's a lot of work to do. I ran some lights (once DTE Energy decided to come turn on the power) just so I could see, but I didn't include any switches. I've popped a circuit trying to install a switch AFTER the light and power source. Your video is so straightforward and easy to understand and follow. Thank you so much for making the content you do. You've definitely saved me a lot of headache.
THANK YOU Paul!!!! This video is exactly what I needed to wrap my head around this concept!
Excellent video. For those that have trouble understanding Loop switch connections, the second example spells it out perfectly.
Excellent video. The diagrams make the concept crystal clear. Thank you.
Thank you!! First video I’ve seen about wiring a switch that explained the how of why a switch works. A light bulb finally went off in my head too!! You’re the best. I can now reword my switch and stop tripping the breaker!! My hero!
Is there a reason why in the second illustration you are connecting the black and white wire together at the light instead of running both neutrals to the light and the black wires to the wire nut?
I watched many practical videos on wiring a single pole switch and light in preparation to expand a switch from a 1 gang box to a 2 gang box and wire 2 separate lights. This has helped me understand more clearly the 3 types of switch wiring I may run into. Thanks for the wonderful video and easy explanation!!!
Your expertise and video made it happen!!!!!!
Took me 15 minutes !!!!
You are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going around the house ensuring every room has a GFCI at the first outlet bringing electricity into the room since my house has no grounding and ran into a situation in which my GCFI would trip. Solved that, then my breaker would trip. Then came to this video rearranged the wiring according to this one of these setups and voila!!! Fixed! Thanks a lot for your videos!!
Excellent video. I followed this to wire up a light in our storage room. Before this video, I had NO IDEA how to do it. Much appreciated. Thanks for the help.
Excellent instruction. I came across the second wiring setup today while trying to find a fault causing my light to flicker.
I was fairly sure I understood the proper wiring but fairly sure isn’t good enough when it comes to wiring.
Thanks to this video I am confident.
Did you find the cause of the flickering? I'm having the same issue with a bathroom light
I did. It was a loose connection in the light fixture - the wire nut was poorly installed.
I did not do the original installation.
After viewing many youtube videos your video made it clear how to fix my electrical problem. No more tripping of the circuit breaker when the wall switch is on. The ceiling fan is now installed, and it is working properly. Thanks for your info.🙂
Thanks for the video, I was going crazy trying to get the light switch to work
Simple and very well explained. Good job and thank you.
I was re-wiring a light curcuit for weeks.
Your Vid Fixed it🎉🎉🎉
Thank you thank you thank you! I did not understand how the second scenario works. Your video was so clear in explaining it. 😊
Thanks for the second schematic explanation. Saved my day.
Now that was the simple explanation w diagram I needed!
With your video, i was able to fix my wiring for my switch!
I can’t tell you how helpful this was. Great video and new sub. Wow, installed a new light for wife and she is one happy camper.
Thanks for the video God continue to bless you
Good sir, you are the paragon of instruction excellence. Gratitude.
Clearest and most instructional video tutorial yet among YT posts.
Awesome video! It helps me understand the basic flow of electricity and how it works....You've provided clear and concise explanation. Thanks.
That perfect pic at 1:29 is all I needed
Thank you! Just wired the switch in my room by myself
im switching out my old fashioned dumb light switches with smart light switches and this totally helped me understand how to do it. thanks
you all saved the day for me!.
thank you for your videos!
The first example helped me. Thank you.
And thanks a lot for the great video. It really has helped me to understand the distribution of electricity.
Easy to understand for non for non-electrician like me. Thanks helped me a lot
Great video my friend, very useful, thank you very much for sharing, keep safe
Thanks Paul, saved me an electrician consultation.
Awesome videos!!! Great explanations and visuals!!!
Thank you for making videos like this ; - ; I'm in Electrical Trades during quarantine, and I know virtually nothing wiring wise because it's the first few weeks and we had to go home for two of them already. Has me on wiring methods but I barely understand what the wires do and have been shooting in the dark ; - ; Nice teacher, thinks I'm really smart but I'm a huge "monkey see monkey do"
Best of luck buddy, how you doing now
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I watched this video and was able to fix my mistake right away and finished the job correctly. Thanks for a great video.
version 2 fixed my problem thank you.
Very nicely explained.
Thanks from Victoria BC Canada.
I used this first method and it saved me!! Thank you
Thanks for the video and the great explanation. 👏👏👏👍
Thank you, I found this quite educational.
Found this quite helpful
The third version of the switch wiring is often required in new installations in many jurisdictions as a neutral is required in all j boxes due to the increased prevalence of “smart” switches. Having this neutral is also nice should one want to add another light or receptacle to the circuit.
Great video! Very helpful
Thank you your video is well explained!
Thank you. I pulled apart a bunch of wiring from an electrical box when I was adding an outlet. I didn't pay close enough attention to the original wiring and couldn't get anything to work. I used the second configuration for the switch and everything is good now. It felt so *WRONG* connecting the neutral to the hot.
super helpfull only one snag i have the 2nd option here where the power comes into the light and i want to add another switch for my ceiling fan and one for pot lights is it possible to use pigtails on the light switch side to extend or do i have to run 2 more wires down from the box above?
I as well found this video to be very helpful n best one out there that explains it in details n simple to follow terms. U help me out off this issue that i have been in for a week thank u very much from a new subscriber.
detail and informative so as to build the basis of electricity.
Awesome! Thank you!
Excellent explanation, thank you
Out of all I searched for this video was so great and understandable it saved my life!
Life saver! Thanks
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Very good 👍🏻 thank you
Very nice job!
Buenísimo gracias
Awesome video! Helped me quickly fix .y mistake when installing a new ceiling fan. I could figure out why it was working but the light in the next bedroom wasnt. Thank you!
Have a question, was your setup model 3? I fixed a light fixture today but now other in the same room ain't working?
Awesome video thanks
Very good video. Question on the next version of wiring diagram, can you add outlet? Is that safe? Thank you
Thanks for the video! Will the first version also work for using a switch to control current to a string of outlets? In that case, would the outlets downstream just be wired up normally, with the neutral wire that skips the switch being pigtailed or wired through the receptacles?
Wow awesome vid thanka
Saved me! Thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much. You helped me out of a jam👍
what a great video!!
Many thanks with a question; In the second scenario where the lamp is first in the circuit; if I were to be running a series of lights on that circuit (ex: a series of 4 recessed lights in a room), would those three additional lights feed from the neutral and hot wires that are connected to the bulb in your example, or to the neutral attached to the bulb, and the hot that bypasses the bulb (connected to the white "hot" wire) traveling to the switch?
Thank you.
Very clear tutorial, without the excess time consumed watching someone strip the wires.
Very useful
Great explanation please do more explaining how to wire 240 volt 2 and 3 wires and why. Thank you.
240V circuits are just like 120V circuits, except there are "two hots". Either hot and the neutral make 120 volts. But the two hots connected to something without the neutral make 240V. You only need the two hots for a 240V device, like a water heater. You need the two hots and the neutral for a 240V/120V device (it uses both voltages), like a clothes dryer or an electric range.
Very helpful👍
Thank you this saved our house
any suggestions for adding a fixture and switch to the 2nd configuration? i think someone called it a "loop" below. they will be on the same breaker, but i need to add a fixture and change the single switch to a double. thanks so much!
great video
Good explanation
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Fantastic
Thanks for the info. Please share, why is tjere a nuetral terminated in the switch box?
This is the most helpful tips I’ve come across online. Be careful when searching for tips. There are a lot of idiotic suggestions out there.
Thank you
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Thanks lad
Great video Paul , where can I find the setup for the other countries that you mentioned at the start.
yup, it helped!
Thanks!
Thank you
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Amazing video I am dancing now solved my problems
Thanks.
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Usimg your second example when the feed starts at the light, If I wanted to have more than one light on the circuit what wires would I run to the next light?
thanks
Thank you so much. So what I am realizing is to add a nuetral to my lightswitch I can simply take the 2 wire cable and use that to pull a 3 wire cable through the wall and to the box then wire it up in the last configuration and now I have a neutral and power for my smart switch. I was previously think I had to run another wire which would have been a bit more work. Thanks!!!!!
If the two-wire cable was installed when the building was built, it will be anchored in too many places and will be impossible to do what you are suggesting. But, it is possible to run a new 3-wire cable and remove the 2-wire cable from service.
Jovet is right. Unless it's new construction which it doesn't sound like it.
Your animations look very good.
Thank you, they take a while to make
@@EngineeringMindset *You're welcome!*
Great video - very helpful. I have version 2 in my garage and would like to add an outlet - is that possible?
If you have the second example you cannot add an outlet because you lack a neutral wire. You would need to rewire the circuit so the switch box has a neutral or feed the outlet from the light.
Paul, we understand new NEC code says have a neutral in the switch box (for future use) even thought not used now? The first wiring method shown.
Thank you.
The first scenario provides a neutral in the switch box by default. That isn't what the Code change was designed to address. The Code change addresses the second scenario, where no neutral is sent to the switch box because the black and white wires are a _switch loop_ to control the light. The third scenario shows how it shall now be done, according to Code, with a neutral wire in the switch box even if it is not used at installation.