A wiring diagram is a simplified conventional pictorial representation of an electrical circuit. It shows the components of the circuit as simplified shapes, and the power and signal connections between the devices.
How To Add A Switch To A Circuit. This video is about adding a switch to your simple circuit. Remove the screws. And all the black wires together.
Hold the circuit breaker at an angle and align its connection point with the rail clip or slot in the service panel. Remove all the non ground wires from the old receptacle. Put a 6 black pigtail on a brass screw and a 6 white pigtail on a white screw. New cable is run from the receptacle to the new fixture location and a switch loop cable is run from there to the new switch location.
How to wire an additional light switch to an existing circuit step 1.
Remove all the non ground wires from the old receptacle. Connect the thee bare. Take your red and black wires and connect them to the 2 same colored screws on the switch doesnt matter what order. This drawing shows the wiring for adding a new light and switch with the fixture coming first in the circuit. Regardless of how they were arranged before.
How To Add A Switch To A Circuit. And all the black wires together. Connect the red and black wires in the new cable to the brass screws on the switch.