How to Wire a Light Switch
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- The video covers how to wire a basic 15 amp single pole light switch with 14/2 electrical wire. In the tutorial, viewers will see the use of: wire strippers, utility knife, needle-nose pliers, and a phillips screwdriver.
Didn't know Bill Clinton could also help me with my lights!! Thanks bud
He DOES sound like Bill Clinton
I did not have sexual relations with that light switch
Hahahahah this is awesome. And yet the video helped me
Lmao!! I thought it was him too.🤣
Extremely annoying voice. It makes the video painful to watch.
After 2 switches caught fire i had a co-worker come help me wire a new switch. this video is a life saver.
Best tutorial I have ever watched. Simple and well illustrated.
easy and straight to the point. i have been working on electrical for awhile but have stepped away from it for years now and needed a refresher. thanks alot!
This is exactly what I have been searching for. The enigma is solved now. Thank you much for this video.
In this instance, and in most situations, the white wire is your neutral (return line).
The basis of an electrical circuit is that electrons travel in a loop, toward your light bulb on the black wire, and return from the light bulb on the white wire.
To turn off a light bulb, you only need to open the circuit (create a break in the loop) at one location. Therefore, switches are usually installed on the black wire. Because you only need 1 break, the return white wire can bypass the switch.
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Look dude...I spent 7 frickin' hours trying to wire one damn light switch. Watched this video and BAM!!! Problem solved. You da man. Thanks for posting this time saver.
Thank you for keeping it simple and short.
I can't thank you enough for this easy to follow simple tutorial.... this is seriously the best one out there .... thank you thank you. I live off grid and have been struggling with my solar electrical system and am so excited to find this channel.
Clear instruction, visually and verbally. Good teaching voice and pace.. Thank you.
Thanks for a very clear instructional video, easy to understand and to the point.
Thank you!!! Adding a light to a closet with existing outlet. This is super easy to understand
Thank you for clear and simple instructions. They helped a lot.
The general accepted practice for a single pole switch would be to bring the black wire in at the bottom (from the breaker/fuse panel), and send it out to the light/outlet at the top. I would stop short of calling it "pertinent" since the switch would work fine wired vise-versa.
NOTE: It's important to not confuse the bottom with the ground screw. Also, a three-way switch would be different; for a three-way switch it becomes very important what wire goes where.
ALWAYS attach the ground wire first. Saves you from a shocking burn.
How so if it's not energized! Which it shouldn't be if you are doing new wiring or tripped your braker!
When did Dr Phil become an electrician?
weidow1 what if you wire to wrong terminal
I was thinking more Bill Clinton, but I can hear it. Haha
Bill has to do something to avoid Hillary, so now he does electrical work
When Clinton was in office people had job's
Matt Bartolovich um im no rocket scientist but I’m pretty sure the unemployment rate is at an all time low! So if you know people who don’t have jobs then it’s because A. They don’t want to work or B. You live in an rural area where there are not enough jobs! Not because of the economy , do your homework Einstein
Yo just bought a house and had some really funky stuff going on, tried to fix it and then nothing worked, this video let me get it back in service (although I still want to redo the wiring) it at least works for now.
Thanks for saving my idiocy. I knew I was mixing up something easy.
Best and simplest explanation ever!
Great explanation and video. Clear instruction. Worked well for me. Thanks!
Smartest teaching on RUclips though, thks
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I followed along and got zapped with 110v,
now my wife wants to know where my afro came from
I got zapped and had a boner for a week..the wifey was very pleased.
Thanks you sir. This video was very helpful. I used it as a guide when my Honeywell automatic switch failed after a brief power outage and needed the light on so had to retrofit the original switch in the dark and was not sure which wire went where. Thanks again.
Thank you,.. that was Very Easy to follow.
This was a great how-to. Thanks for taking the time. One suggestion: Next video, would you mind hiring Morgan Freeman to do the voice-over?
Thank you great video, possibly saved my families lives
I’m scared that you messed up
Either Bane has turned to being a Electrican or this guys doing a bad imitation of Clinton. Either way it did answer my questions on how to finish my wiring. Thanks
I was born in the dark, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was a man and then only because I learned to wire light switches.
'' Oh yes ,I was wondering what would break first, your spirit or your body?'' lol
You think darkness is your ally. I was born in the dark: MOLDED by it. I didn't see the light until I installed a new light switch and by then, it was nothing but BLINDING!
His morale after learning that we have been sold the F out as Americans....
Great job Bill.
Thanks
Greetings, I like this video and so i would like for you to kindly display how to install a double switch pole to the fuse box. Thanks. I look forward to the video.
Dude!!! are u giving the instructions back to us? the people! - Bane from Batman
Thank you for the tutorial, this solved my problem.
Idk what was so confusing about hooking up a light switch guys lol.
This is a perfect video explaining how to wire a switch with two cables, one coming from the electrical panel (source) and one leading to a light or another device, but do you have a video that explains all that is needed to know to wire a switch to a single cable, where the white wire acts as a black wire,? Also, does the white wire in that instance need to be painted black or taped black?
Very helpful in what I’m trying to do, I appreciate this👍🏽
Just use the wire strippers to cut the insulation and strip wires, also use it to make the 180 loops. No need for needle nose or a box knife. Another good tip is to us a str8 head screw driver to tighten the screws as the philips doesnt get them as tight and they run the risk of being stripped.
Screws on switches and outlets are actually Robertson 1 or square head screws. They can just also be turned with a standard or Phillips.
thank u sir finally somebody thats speaks english....you tube this is what videos sound like....and not like i jus walked into the kwiki mart
Thank you for this step by step!!
So this is what Bane does when he isn't trying to take Gotham.
Thanks, you deserve more subscribers.
I have a single-pole switch in my house that controls a single power receptacle at an outlet (for use with a lamp). There is only a single 14/2 Romex cable coming into the box that contains the switch. There is of course the white, a black, and a bare copper wire in the Romex. The white wire is connected to one switch terminal screw, and the black wire is connected to the other terminal screw. What I learned is that in this case the white wire is supposed to be marked with black electrical tape to indicate that it is a hot wire. It wasn't marked as it should have been. I corrected that by marking the white wire as a hot wire with black electrical tape. So in this case, the white wire is *not* a neutral wire; it is a hot wire. The lesson here is that if you are working with electrical, you had better understand exactly how your circuits are wired, and why. Otherwise, have a professional electrician perform the work for you.
I found this same thing recently. The white was being used on one of the terminals of the switch and was not marked with black tape as it should have been. Good comment - points out something that is potentially dangerous.
You sound like my favorite comedian
Things you didn’t mention (I’m not doing this to be smart, I’m doing it to be helpful information to other people.)
1. While stripping the wire, use the stripe gage on the back of the switch/outlet. Whatever you’re wiring 99% of the times there’s a strip gage on it.
2. Tighten your loop with the way the screw tightens to pull the loop in and make a tighter connection.
3. (Just a fyi) you don’t need to use a box cutter for wire. It is ideal and nice because it’s fast. But the professional way to do it is to use a wire ripper.
4. Although this is very rare. Your ground wire (bare copper) goes in the green screw. But very VERY rarely instead of green, they can be red.
Note. The reason why you use the strip gage on the back of your switch and or outlet. Whatever you’re wiring. Is so the installation of the wire doesn’t make contact with the screw of the metal plate surface underneath the screw. The wires are called hot for a reason. They have power and heat going through them. And if that installation is to long it will rub against the plastic on the frame.
Boss Candle82184 Never is the ground wire indicated by red insulation. Only green, and green with yellow stripes, or bare. There is no other color allowed as a substitute for this.
The instructor in the video did explain about the direction of the wire loop being in a clockwise direction, the same as the direction the screw is tightened.
Idk if ur a master electrician and trying to do it fast, but I’m a 15 year old apprentice in trade school and can locate many issues, I mean yeah this works but it has many issues that any good electrician wouldn’t make
your voice like BANE from batman rises
You merely adopted the electric. I was born in it.
you sound like Bill Clinton dude
It’s the dark Knight rises not Batman rises
@Martin Teerly - If a single pole light switch is installed correctly, then up should be on. Three-way light switches (2 switches controlling the same light) will alternate between up and down (on and off). In most cases, single pole light switches will have the words on and off embossed in raised letters directly on the toggle.
nice and simple. good video. shame so many haters.
@KFLY67 That white wire is your Neutral Return. Its for the return of the current that isn't been used. But connects direct to your light.
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top terminal (on position) goes to the fixture... bottom terminal is the feed or HOT.
thanks. that's what i was really after! i can never remember....
I was wondering why nobody was mentioning this..one of the most important parts!!
From what you've described I would assume that your five screws would indicate a four-way switch. A four-way switch would be used in situations where you would want 3 or more light switches toggling on/off a single circuit (most likely a light or series of lights). Google image search four-way switch and you'll find some diagrams that may help you.
Try looking at the rear of the switch for amps, etc... modern stuff has that embossed on the rear. Be safe, cut off the power and use a tester.
I just want to point out something extremely important and basic thing electricians do. I know you assumed people already know they are supposed to turn off the breaker/fuse of the interruptor/switch. Never assume people know that! I’ve met a lot of people that don’t and get a SHOCKING surprise. Never work with live wire, ever. Even professional electricians don’t unless they have to but they know exactly what they’re doing.
Good explanation. Thanks.
Straight to the point 10/10 liked and subscribed bonus:cool voice
Thank you, you answered my questions and helped me out.
Why you talking like that so soothing and informative,sirXD
Now I hope I can do this at our mobile home. I can't get anyone to come look at it. And or fix it. So now it's up to me. I'm also going to check to see if the light fixture is also connected as well. One side of our kitchen won't come on and the hallway light and the back porch light hasn't worked since 2011. So I'm going to attempt to fix it.
just make sure you turn the breaker off LOL
Great video.
thanks man im 16 an u made it to where I could do it myself 👌👍👍👍
Why did you have to tell us that you are 16?
Thanks for the short & sweet on this !!
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Thanks for tutorial, but isn't it pertinent which black wire you use at the top (on) of the switch?
Peggy Kirk no because the switch is either open or closed does not matter which wire is where
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Yes, if the light turns on when you turn the switch in the down position, turn the whole thing upside down.
Bill Clinton!?!??!! Is that you!??!?!
Good vedeo on wiring a switch ,but you should have been more detailed showing the basics in electricity .but a good vedeo on how to connect a light switch when power comes from switch box
In regard to my question here posted. It has been answered. Thanks again.
wow this was such a big help thank you so much
Thanks Rand Paul.
Very nice!!
Great video. Thank you!!!!!!!
I didn't read all the comments, but to perform this task without including the outlet/switch box is a fundamental and obvious oversight in the basics of wiring that is clearly targeted for the beginner DIYer
Excellent explanation! Thank you, but I'm sorry I have to agree, you sound like Dr. Phil lol ROFL :)
lot easier than what i was thinking 😀
Remember if it’s solid sometimes it will be 12 in your wire strippers and number 14 for stranded read label on your strippers
Ses très bien expliqué
Not a bad tutorial, but never, NEVER, use a box knife to strip the insulation. There is a very good chance that it will slice the wire inside insulation as well and it can leave the bare copper exposed. I learned this the hard way. Also, it doesn't matter which black wire goes where, the switch will still work.
what would you use to strip it then?
trippingonmushrooms thats a cable stripper but you can just cut a lil down the middle on one end with a utility knife and tear down till desired length and cut off the tiny part you knicked in the end of the wire (if you knicked it)
Get that fanny tore up if caught doing it like that lol tbh, it's way faster and it just feels natural and if you don't have the wire stripper at hand well, thats when I do it but lord did my boss tear my fanny up. He let me go since at the time I was new but said if caught again, I was out immediately.
Btw he always told stories and always said fanny lol
Thanks for inadvertently giving me an idea for a tutorial video! I've been an electrician for 11 years and never had a problem with that method of exposing the wires... I'll definitely be teaching that one on my channel!
I've stripped tens of thousands of cables with a utility knife the same way, except I use a side cutter to cut the jacket off. The strippers that score the jacket can knick the wire's insulation too. I've seen it many times.
Nice example
Well... if you were wiring a metal box then that would be a possibility, but for plastic boxes, no.
It is not always true, but in general you'll encounter metal boxes more often in commercial installations, while plastic boxes would be used more often in residential.
Demonstration So easy even a cave cave man could do it👍
Hope your wife doesn't see this... you scratched her table, Oaf.
This guy sounds like mountain man LOL but very informative
Good video thanks
Helpful explanation
Many thanks for this.
A light switch? Cool cool
Super helpful thanks
Thanks so much
Love your voice! Thanks for the video too!
When you hook the wire to the screw terminal, hook it on there in the same way the screw is turning, if you dont then it can unbend your hook when youre turning it
He did explain that at 3:55-4:10.
Thank you very helpful
Thank you, hilo
For the ground wire couldn't you just ground both of them to the box?
Also to get the screws tight use a good straight blade or a Robertson slot screwdriver not a Phillips?
In my opinion
I dont know if I wrong
But i think need to be conected the white wires to the switch
In my understanding even when switch is off
The socket still gonna be alive
Is not gonna go off
Stil gonna have electricity
If you goin to touch accidently
You may get electric shock
thanks a lot you just helped me out!! 👍
very good
When you turn the light switch off, are you breaking the power to just the light?
I'm trying to find out if I daisy chain off one of my kitchen circuits for an overhead kitchen light above the sink, when I turn the light switch off for the light, will it also turn off the power to the multiple outlets on the kitchen counter circuits?
Why do i think, I'm listening to Bill Clinton? lol
I think it should be pointed out that a single pole switch has a top and bottom. The switch is also labeled on and off. If the switch isn't mounted correctly in the electrical box or the hotline coming into the switch isn't connected to the top terminal the switch will function backward to the way it was intended.
what is the white wire for since not connected to the light switch? thanks for the video.
I know this is 5 years ago.
But this is for the current return to complete the circuit. The switch is just a break in the live line, the white is constant from the panel to the switch
Thank you for helping me Im a novice
Thank you! ;-). I did it!
Thanks for this video...very informative