How to Install a Combination Switch and Receptacle
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2020
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Thank you. Watched 5 different videos before I found someone who got to the point and actually told me how to wire this thing.
You’re awesome.
Excellent. Also see: How to Install a Marked Controlled Receptacle: ua-cam.com/video/C4AgS6LiqlE/v-deo.html
Thanks for posting this. I was working with a replacement combo switch and outlet where none of the screw heads were obviously colored for easy ID. The combo that I removed was from the 70's, and had a totally different layout than my modern unit.
I was at the end of my rope about to take the switch back to Lowes. Had tried everything and couldn't figure it out...then I found this video. He made it more clear than anything else I have seen! Thanks for the video. I was successful.
Great job Johnathan! My pleasure, glad it was helpful!
Best and most clear description to wire this! And review is fabulous. Thanks so much.SUBSCRIBED!
Thanks so much and welcome to Sparky Channel!
I have to echo others and say that this was a very helpful video. This was the first time that I replaced a combination switch and receptacle. I was replacing an incredibly old switch that was not clearly marked as newer switches are. Easy to follow and understand. Helped me to identify the wires and how to install the new switch. Avoided calling an electrician! Thanks!!
Hi Rick! Great job on the install and on saving money too!
This is exactly the video I was hoping yo find! Thank You, Sparky! You just solved my conundrum! Knowing the HOT from the LOAD wire was my missing link, lol.
Great how-to video. I just wired up my combo receptacle following these well-explained instructions and it works perfectly. Thanks, Sparky
You're welcome!
@Sparky Channel. Thanks Bill for the thoroughness of your videos. Even if you don't show every step (like every crimp or to wrap electrical tape around the receptacle), you do it and mention that you did it so that we should be paying attention to details.
Hope you and your family stay safe and well.
Thanks! Have a great weekend!
Man,I watched a lot of good videos, but yours is definitely the best. Such a clear explanation and repeated showing every single detail is just amazing.
If you were a teacher, your students would know much more.
Glad it helped! Thanks so much!
Thanks for the video. It's time to wire up a swim deck ceiling fan with the switch your provided the link to. plus the outlet will be used for the plug in speaker, while the switch will be used for the ceiling fan to keep us cool in the summer while enjoying the swim deck on the lake. Thanks again for the video.
Thank you sir! I was struggling with this switch after installing a garbage disposal. I got everything working right, because you explained it perfectly.
Glad I could help!
So much info. The best video I've seen on this DIY subject. And the info in the description and the links to the products are just the topping on the cake. Just perfect. Sorry about the hack. I hope you get all the subscribers back. You deserve them. Stay safe.
Thanks so much Jason!
You can also wire the device the other way around - line to brass screw, neutral to silver screw, and leave the jumper in place. Doing this will cause the switch to control the receptacle, which has potentially interesting use cases.
Thank you. Looked a lot of places to find out how to wire it that way.
Hi, does the tab still need to be broken off?
As a contractor & painter, (not an electrician or plumber lol but I’ve worked here & there on projects), I’m just going to say that this video is 100% amazing. I’m rehabbing my 1938 house and opened up a broken combination switch and was in panic mode, now I’m ready to head to Home Depot tomorrow to restart this little project. THANK YOU
Thanks so much! Best wishes.
@@SparkyChannel thank you 😊
Thank you for this! Brand name switch manufacturer video was no where near this helpful!!
Today I watched and listened to your video then I followed your instructions. Perfect real life situation and results. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge
Fantastic! Great job!
Thank you so much this explanation was exactly what I needed. This is what UA-cam was created for.. you saved me literally hundreds!! Can't thank you enough
Thanks so much Josh! Great job and glad I could help!
Perfect video. Extreamly easy to understand. Thanks to you I got it right on the first try.
Like always a superb teaching video. I am 77 Vietnam veteran and I have a problem with a fan with lights which is supposed to be turned on by a 3-way switch. I bought it 10 years ago for 800 dollars and I have been unable to use it. Every time I hired an electrician, he charges me money but does not fix my problem. Sir, if is not too much trouble do you think you can give this old man a hand, Thanks, Juan.
Very good teacher. Though I’m not an electrician I understood all what he did. Now I can do my own electrical work, thanks for sharing your talent to people like me……save lots of dineros thanks again
Good thing I watched this video! Now the instructions make sense. Great video. Thanks for keeping me out of trouble again. I also learned about Wago nuts! Got some ordered.
Excellent!
Thanks Bill, now I know why the switch wasn’t working that o was expecting, very simple. I just have to move one wire to the bronze screw, I installed in the black. So the power stay in the black screw and the switch wire goes to the bronze.
Good morning Bill. Thanks for the video. You are coming back stronger. You are America's Electrician of the Year. My highest respect Bill. You are my hero 👍
Wow, thanks! Thanks so much Lucas! I do think this channel is becoming a better one than the original. :)
Thank you, so much. I installed one of these to control under cabinet lights and almost gave up. I bought some tools using your link as a thank you.
Thanks so much!
Best explanation of installing switches that I’ve found , thank you 🙏🏽
Thanks so much!
Tremendous, your concise & clear instructions helped me with what must be a simple task for any electrician but a challenge to the average DIY'er. thank you
You are welcome, thanks so much!
Excellent lesson. Thank you for enabling me to install my combo switch.
The way how you show how to work it is just very nice, I am trying to learn many things to became a apprentice and then a electrician, so your videos are helping to create many idea about how to work. For sure I have a long way, but at least your videos are giving me an idea how to start.
Fantastic! Best wishes!
Outstanding workmanship, so in-depth details on your videos. Kudos to you you sir. Plus l love your Waggle hold in place wire nuts. Outstanding 👍🏻
Thanks Mark! I like the Wago Lever-Nuts as well.
If you want the outlet to be controlled by the switch, you connect the incoming line to the brass terminal.
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Thank you. I will be changing out a single light switch to a combo light/receptacle outlet in my garage this weekend. Great video
Good luck Eddie.
Sparky Channel....Worked out great. Thanks again
Wow thanks for the quick response. I just learn something real quick that seemed very complicated but you made it seem way to easy. Thank you very much.
My pleasure, thanks!
Thanks. I watched other videos, but your exceeded my expectations. Well explained. Love it.
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you for the thorough video, I was able to add this switch in my home with your help!
Glad it helped! Thanks!
Thank you! you helped me figure out a frustrating situation. Keep on keeping on my friend!!!
Thanks!
Thanks you Sparky, very nice you the best teacher. I got this right the first time! 👍🏻☮✌🏻
This is the best explanation in the entire internet.
You should do a video in the GFCI combination switch, it took me a couple tries to figure it out.
Hey sparky thanks for the video, I installed the exact same switch. I attached the hot wire to only one black screw however when I turn on or off the switch it also turns the outlet on or off. Do I need to remove the tab and split the hot wire?
Thanks for the video. This is a single outlet and in one of your videos, you mentioned that you cannot use a single outlet with a 20 amp breaker. I have a 20 amp breaker and I want to use this combo outlet, can I?
What a good teacher this guy is. Thanks!
Wow, thanks!
I know how to wire outlets and plugs, but I've never done a duplex combo like this before, and I was concerned about the switch turning off the power to the outlet. I think that I've got it now. Thank you!
Glad I could help!
With the tab still in place, does the outlet still have power with the switch off? Or is the switch only breaking connection after the tab?
I always want to run stuff by you first. As always thank you very much!
My pleasure, thanks!
The power wire and light wire is connected in a junction box in my attic can I wire a combo to the power wire (The only wire in the switch box) if so how is it one black to both screws on one side and one white on both screws on the other side.
Hello good night, just making sure I got this correct wire up outlet to control a light and once tabs aren’t broken, the outlet to the bottom will not be disturbed with the toggling of the light switch , once tab is broken then the socket will be turned on /off with the switch…. Did I say that correct ? Sorry I’m new to this !
Great video mr. Sparky, I have learned so much from all of your videos. Any chance of you doing a few with arc fault circuit interrupters receptacles and Breakers
Thank you, this video was exactly what I needed.
Okay please help me I would be so grateful cuz I'm really struggling here for days now this so-called load wire or the 2nd black wire where does that come from and what is it connected to before you connected to the light switch?
Worked like a charm!! Thanks Sparky!!!!
You're welcome! Thanks!
When I was doing my apprenticeship the way I remember it would be
B to B black to brass.the load wire.
But at times the white wire can also be the load wire what you call continuity and that sometimes where things used to get tricky .
But then you just reverse it white to b and your black becomes a neutral
best explanation I have found so far! Even electrical idiot me can understand this!
I am looking for a toggle dimmer switch combined with an outlet. I cannot find this anywhere. Please let me know the name of company that makes a combination dimmer switch and outlet. Thank you.
Can you connect another outlet to that box set up and if so how?
Ya after watching the whole thing I think I will call that handy man! I'm sure he's got all the testing tools
How to wire a 3 way combo switch w/outlet having 1 red/2blacks & 2 whites capped behind?
How wire a regular combo (non 3 way) with 3 whites/2blacks.
Can figure 2nd one but getting ticked at the 3 way
Great video but my existing old installation has different wiring - two black wires both seem to be hot on one side with an unused ground terminal in the middle and two white wires on the other side, the bare wires are twisted together. Switch controls exterior light, outlet is always powered. How do I replace with a new liviton like the one you show? Appreciate any help. I will be happy to send you pictures if needed. Thank you very much.
Thank you, very understandable and step by step!👍😃 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Another really good demonstration Sparky.
Thanks so much Gary!
thanks in the first two minutes I finally understood why it wasn't working for me. i was using a switch connection to give power to the receptacle lol. so that's why sometimes the black/whites are inversed, when they are a secondary line that comes from the light.
Glad it helped!
Perfect, this is everything I needed to know! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank You for responding so quickly the info will help us with our project
Excellent! Best wishes on the project!
I have this in my bathroom now the plug part stop working so I replaced it and cannot get it to work no matter what I do. But this house was built in the 50s I only got a hot and common wire and ground should I have 4 wires together am lost why I can’t get this to work. When it work for years.
This is the best video ever!! Thanks so much!!
You're so welcome! Thanks Antonio!
This is excellent, in another video they said that on the two live screws, if you attach the live wire to the switch it will control the power going to the plug effectively shutting it off, but if you attach the live wire to the plug screw both plug and light switch have power, is this true?
Success! Thank you for posting this instructional video. The connections and current flow become quite simple after you explained which terminal does what. Bravo to you!
Great to hear, thanks!
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME ...........................THANKS TONS, every step was perfect, and it worked as it was supposed to. thanks.......
No problem, thanks!
Thank you. You give me courage to conquer my own home.
Best wishes!
Thank you. This video makes the install real simple
Glad it helped!
Excellent video! Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
This video saved my day this week, thank you 🙏
Glad it helped! Thanks!
Thank you so much so clear and so helpful after watching your video made me to install mine in a minute
Excellent!
Thanks you Sparky very nice you the best teacher this videos help me a lot.
Glad to hear that! Thanks Walter!
Thank you. I've learned something new today.
Glad to hear it!
Thank you, your instruction was very simple and accurate :)))
Glad it helped, thanks!
Bill, you always have good videos...thx buddy...
Thanks Arnie! Great to hear from you!
Thank you so so much. You're an excellent 👏 teacher.
You're very welcome!
Great video as always.
What’s the area shown at the end of the video? I spent about a week in SD about 5 years ago and got to visit several areas including IB, Coronado, Cabrillo, and also some further north (Del Mar? Oceanside?) but can’t remember them all. Great area which I hope to visit again some day.
That is the "Blowhole" on Oahu, Hawaii. I'm always on the lookout for pleasant clips from beautiful places to put on the end of my videos. It's my way of saying "thanks for watching". Yes, San Diego has some very beautiful places!
Thank you for all the details.👍👍
My pleasure, thanks!
Great Job SPARKY⚡️
Thank you, question...is the outlet always on or switched in this configuration? I need the plug to always be energized
Always on in this example.
Great. I have 2 blacks and will pigtail my whites I see in back. Light works just need to make bottom outlet HOT. I'm not sure if adding the white to bottom left silver will do bc it's not a black wire but will see...
Doing same in living room but LR just has 1white & 1black. Switch operates the lower outlet on opposite wall, don't think that's 3 way, I've tried every way on this one reversing wires. Not sure how to pigtail this one?
I'm assuming black wires are always the hot wire, right?
Thank you very much it was very helpful
Thank you it helped me to install one.
Great video. Thanks a lot, much appreciated.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video such good explanation
You’re a life saver!!👍👍
Great to hear, thanks!
Great work Bill, i remember you did a video where you showed how to wire a gfci receptacle TR& WR outdoor with a regular duplex outlet. Can you do the same video? I will appreciate.
Thank you again for your good work.
I remember that one. I'll look for it on my hard drive. Thanks!
It worked! Thanks!
Great job!
love learning from you
Happy to hear that!
Hi, you could have used the deep Sigma box, regular is $4.68 deep one is $11.×× in Lowes or Az , but would by easier than using the extension, i think i will get the deep one for my project (the switch is for an outdoor flood light, and adding a gfci outside in the box outside where the cable from the inside switch to the light outdoor will be crossing on its way, so , i think the outside junction box/gfci outlet will get crowded, not much space for wires.... so even though i already have all the bushing etc prepared... I think I will just get the bigger-deeper box and avoid 3 hours of accommodating cables ... and those gfci are really boxy and big and deep they barely fit in outlet boxes nowadays!!😅😅
Good tip, thanks!
Could i pigtail the line, ground, and neutral to run to an additional outlett? And the from that outlett to another?
Yes, but be careful on connections and make sure electricity follows all the cables in the right direction, meaning, connect things in way that make sense if you know how to work with all this things and you have a good !! Notion of electricity, I am actually doing it myself, I am replacing a normal outlet inside the house with this device and then the switch is for a patio light outside and since I prefer to put box in the outside (nor that plastic garbage in different options with lid and 2 screws) , I am then adding an outlet gfci outside, so that outside box will have an normal gfci outlet and the wire to the lamp crosses by the box .
Thank you!!! New subscriber here👍🏼
Thanks and welcome to Sparky Channel!
Ive got a lightswitch that only has the neutral, hot and ground on a single pole switch, the electrician must have some kind of wiring in the light to make this work, can I still use this switch or is it not going to work because I dont have access to the load AND line wires?
If you don't have a line wire, the electricity has nothing to go to. The switch controls whether or not power goes to a line wire, if it's wired correctly. Have to have that line wire going to something.
awesome video.....thanks so much
Thanks for your help
Great videos Bill thank you for sharing your knowledge. Have you worked with knob and tube wiring and if so how is a ceiling light connected?
Thanks! I have experience taking knob and tube out and replacing it, which is what I recommend highly.
Sparky Channel thanks for such prompt response. Reason I asked is because I have traced a ceiling wire to a switch on the wall ...there is voltage on one of the two ceiling wires and one leg at the switch when switch is open and voltage on both ceiling wires with the switch closed but when I connected a ceiling fan (blue and black from fan to hot wire and white to the other ceiling wire) nothing happens. I also tried connecting a light across the ceiling wires and nothing....
Sparky Channel update I had an open neutral all good now :)
Just curious, why don't you call the light wire the "switch leg" instead? I mean I know it means the same but I'm used to it calling it the switch leg and I know other electricians too, thanks sparky..!
Bill I have 3 wires in my light switch box a black wire which is hot, a white which is neutral I guess and a ground.. I’m missing the load wire ..:I guess all the other wires are up at the fixture from the breaker ... is there still a way I can get this combo switch to work ... Thanks for any help
I have the same question.
I tried hooking the hot wire which is black to the dark common screw with the tab which is intact not broken. The neutral to the silver screw and ground to ground but the light switch wouldn’t work just the receptacle worked ..
Bill I don’t know if you still read these but if I can’t use this combo switch I wonder if I can add a bigger box that would hold a switch and a receptacle and just pig tail off the The existing wires from the switch to the receptacle