You can replace a switch with a receptacle or a switch outlet combo. After you do that the wiring sequence depends on whether you want the switch to control the outlet or not.
Unscrew the switch from the electrical box and pull it out with the wires still attached.
How to replace a light switch with an outlet.
Remove the outlet or switch cover plate.
Next mount the faceplate over the outlet and secure it with the small flathead screw.
There may be multiple switches or outlets in one box but you can replace just one if needed.
With the outlet in place use the two included screws to affix the outlet to the junction box.
To replace this kind of switch follow these steps.
If you want the switch to control the outlet you just need one simple change.
Unscrew and remove the switch plate.
The switch can control your lights the switch can control the outlet or the switch can control both your lights and the outlet.
Say your countertop appliances are hogging all of the outlets in your kitchen.
The first step is to locate the live circuit wires in the switch box.
Traditional outlet plates usually have one screw per outlet but some including gfcis have two and switch plates two per switch.
Replacing a light switch with a combination switch and outlet can only be possible if there is a neutral wire in the switch box.
Then use a voltage tester to make sure that the circuit is dead.
The procedure for replacing a duplex two outlet wall receptacle is similar to that of replacing a switch.
In a switch box a white wire may not actually be a neutral wire especially if the white wire is connected to a switch.
Turn off the breaker for the electrical circuit to the switch outlet at the electrical panel.
In this video i walk through the process of replacing a traditional toggle switch with a more modern leviton decora rocker arm switch.
Instead of making a pigtail with the line wire you make it with the load wire.
You could replace the light switch on the wall with a switchoutlet.
If the breakers are not labeled turn on the light with the switch or plug in a lamp at the outlet and cycle through each breaker until the light goes off.
Turn off the power to the switch at the main circuit breaker or fuse panel.
The neutral wire is necessary for the 120 volt outlet to work.
How to replace an electrical outlet if an outlet commonly called a receptacle no longer holds a plug snugly it should be replaced.
Turn the power back on and make sure that the outlet works properly by plugging in a lamp and checking to see that the light switch turns the lamp on and off.
After identifying the line and load terminals on the switch remove the wire going to the light fixture twist it together with the wire going to the outlet add a jumper wire cap them and attach the jumper wire back to the switchs load terminal.
You can also wire a light fixture to the switch.
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