Wiring diagram for basement lights. Electric design designing the outlet switch and light fixture placements for the finished basement electric device layout stage electric blue boxes installation. Heres a nice descriptive video which shows an electrician wiring a single pole switch to a light. Wire runs electrical sub panel junction boxes lights switches outlets and more. I learned how to do it quickly and i have never looked back.
If you have any electrical runs in your basement that will include plugs switches and lights youll have to start the run with your plugs and then move to the switch and lights. Flick a switch and the lights in both the living room and hallway come on so you dont have to worry about finding your way to the bathroom in the dark. My goal here is help you wire your basement outlets switches and light fixtures and panel box breakers all by yourself. Here i walk through how i ran the rough electric for my finished basement.
I wired my basement so all the lights operate from one switch but the switch does not operate the lights and the lights just stay onwhat did i do wrong. The most common is to daisy chain the light fixtures by connecting them to each other and hooking the first one up to the switch. It detects probable improper wiring conditions in standard 110 125 vac outlets provides 6 probable wiring conditions that are quick and easy to read for ultimate efficiency lights indicate if wiring is correct and indicator light chart is included tests standard 3 wire outlets ul listed light indicates if wiring is incorrect very handy and easy to use. You can do this light switch wiring in one of two ways.
I ran 12 2 type nm cable which replaced the old wiring that was 14 awg. Wiring your basement is broken down into the following 4 step by step electric stages.