Switch Receptacle Wiring Diagram

Wiring a gfci combo switchoutlet with protected light outlet receptacle in this special case wiring diagram both light and ordinary outlet is connected to the load terminals of gfci.

Switch receptacle wiring diagram. The black wire from the switch connects to the hot on the receptacle. Shown in this wiring diagram is the power from the circuit breaker panel going to an electrical receptacle outlet and then continues to the next outlet and then to a single pole wall switch and then to another outlet. Switched receptacle outlet wiring diagram depicting the electrical power feeding into an electrical receptacle box and then going to a switch and to another receptacle. The hot source wire is removed from the receptacle and spliced to the red wire running to the switch.

This diagram illustrates the wiring for a split receptacle with the top half controlled by sw1 and the bottom half always hot. The receptacle is split by breaking the connecting tab between the two brass colored terminals. It means all the connected loads to the load terminals of gfci are protected. The source is at the outlet and a switch loop is added to a new switch.

Scenario 2 a typical example of this situation is if you had the same scenario as above but with a 3 wire circuit such as in a kitchen split receptacle and wanting to add some under counter lighting for example. Wiring diagram for a split outlet. Wiring a gfci outlet with combo switch outlet receptacle light switch. This one covers how to wire the combination switch outlet.

Split combo device with second receptacle. The light onoff operation can be controlled through the gfci switch while the ordinary outlet is directly connected to the gfci load terminals. The tab between the neutral silver terminals should remain intact. In this gfci outlet wiring and installation diagram the combo switch outlet spst single way switch and ordinary outlet is connected to the load side of gfci.

Outlets are split wired so that the top half of the receptacle is live all of the time and the bottom of the receptacle is controlled by the wall switch. 3 way switch wiring diagram. This wiring diagram illustrates adding wiring for a light switch to control an existing wall outlet. This video is part of the heating and cooling series of training videos made to accompany my websites.

Fishing in a wire from the receptacle to the light fixture is fairly easy so this is how you would wire the switchreceptacle combo device in this situation.