Push the bare end of the wire through the hole in the tab bend it back and cover with a small piece of electrical tape or solder. This operation will vary depending on whether you have a mounted switch base or an embedded switch base.
Drill a 1 hole through your house wall from the outside near the switch.
How to connect a wire to a switch. One is the source cable providing incoming power. Here are some tips to make sure youve got both. Connect your first ground wire from the terminal of what youre powering to the switchs gnd connection.
With the power coming to the switch and then going to the lights you will notice that there are two black wires two white wires and two ground wires bare wires. In the tutorial viewers will see the use of. The other is the cable leading to the fan.
Assuming it is a steel box. There are many ways to control and automate your lights with smartthings. These properties do not always go hand in hand.
Proper electrical connections require good electrical conductivity and mechanical strength. In a typical installation there are two cables in the box. To help guide you through wiring a light switch.
Connect the black wire from each of the cables to one of the terminals on the switch only one wire per terminal. 12 9 17 its over 9000. To connect a simple switch you will need the switch of your choice mounted on the wall with a fixed base or an embedded base 4 screws and 4 wall plugs a drill a hammer a pencil a flat headed screwdriver and a wire stripper.
Connect feed wires in the first switch box. First connect all ground wires as previously described. The 2 wire cable feed from the power source enters the bottom of the switch box and the hot black wire connects to the common or shunt terminal on the 3 way switch.
The video covers how to wire a basic 15 amp single pole light switch with 142 electrical wire. In most cases the switch and other device will have tabs with small holes in them. There is only one such terminal on a 3 way switch and it is usually.
How to connect electrical wire. If the light switch has a ground screw on it usually green and at the bottom of the switch connect it now. If you choose to control your overhead lighting with smart switches or dimmers youll either want to hire an electrician to install the switch or wire the light yourself.
Wire strippers utility knife needle nose pliers and a phillips screwdriver. Complete the switch wiring if you are replacing the old switch. In this video we learn how to wire a half hot receptacle which is useful if you want to control an outlet with a light switch.
First of all we should connect the ground wires to the box. This will be used to feel wires through from the switch to the electrical recepticle. Locate the wires that are coming from the transfer switch and connect them to the circuits in your panel box that you wish to control.