How To Add An Outlet From A Light Switch | Common Mistake

Everything went smooth except I had to fish wire through the back of a junction box straight down into insulation it was a nightmare. But in the end everything works good!

Is there any way to extend a plug from a three-way light switch?

Hard to image a more thorough and accessible tutorial - congratulations!

If you knew anything about electrical you would not post SHIT!!!

Have you ever tried plumbing???

Thanks I did it u teach very very perfect thanks a million

Again, you forgot is the circuit at the switch overloaded or not???

My white wire in the box is still hot I have to turn 2 breakers off to kill the power to it. Is it still safe to pull an outlet off it in my situation?

very helpful . thanks

How different would it be to add the outlet after the light fixture? Is it as simple as just branching off the light fixture (with pigtails) to the outlet? Or would that not work? Thx

Are you using 12 /2 or 14/2 awg for residential installations?

Informative and clearly described, thank you.

Hi, everyone —connected it just like that in an old house, but the outlet won't have power unless the switch is flipped. Thinking its missing a wire?
(inverted the conenetions, but has the same effect)

Also any appliance will work as a light switch

What about when its a fan and separate light going to one switch continuing power to a separate room but want to make the light and fan switch into 2 separate switches?

Thanks for the video, is it possible to add that plug to the outlet so when the switch goes off so does the outlet?

I know this video is 2 years old but dang it man, you saved my butt. I learned exactly what I needed to know thanks to you. Excellent video tutorial.

Thank you! Very easy to follow without any nonsense filler. Really appreciate this video.

Nicely done, would it be a issue to change that switch to a dimmer switch ?

What if you run conduit into the plastic box, would that apply to this is the wire was protected in the wall?

Yeah, but what if there’s a fire block bro? What we’re supposed to do!?

What are the considerations when running power from a switch to an outlet and looking at the current wire gauge? Would you wana make sure to use 12g or 14g and match it to whatever the existing wire is?

Great video.

Awesome video!

This was sooo much help. thanks for the info!!

That is exactly what I needed to understand! Thank you very much.

Yada Yada Yada! 1/4 of your video just to explain why we should turn off the breaker. Just get on with it

Nothing wrong with push in’s. If it pops out, you’re not organizing your wires correctly 😂😂😂what’s pulling on it??? It wouldn’t be there if you couldn’t use it 😂😂😂😂. It’s ok, everybody fixes up their first home.

Fantastic video! One dumb question, is the outlet always hot even when the switch is off? Or does the light switch have to be on in order for the outlet to work? Thanks!

I want to add a light to a switch that turns off an outlet and I want the outlet to be always on. I guess this would be the same wiring

What if it's a dual switch

Thank you very much but it was very informative and very professional. I was able to understand it all. Thank you very much again very helpful

CHAIN! OF COURSE!!!!!!

awesome

thank you

But doing it this way won't you only be able to use the outlet if the switch is on?

I'm looking to do this for a bidet in my bathroom since there is no nearby traditional GFCI power outlet, but don't know how much power I can get from the light switch. What's your recommendation?

Really nice video, thank you

Help! I followed this video to a "T". The outlet works but only when the switch is off and the light is on. When I flip the switch to turn the light on the outlet loses power. I tried to troubleshoot this but couldn't figure it out. Thanks in advance

Well I recently did this to install a new bidet I bought for my wife and everything went well, everything's grounded properly according to my tester. The only issue I'm having is when we run the water pump or oscillator for the bidet you can see all the lights in the bathroom pulsating along with the motor in the bidet, I find it hard to believe that the bidet is drawing that much power, any solutions or recommendation? Also I did not have to do any pigtailing, I just connected directly into the line because it was a double switch, one to the bathroom light, one to the bathroom fan

Did all this. Light stays on, no matter how switch is on/off. Outlet reads open ground, but they are connected. Wondering if I have a broken wire in the romex.

Im confuse about the wiring you start by Hading new wire but we cant see the old one. After we see the old wire at the end only
Where they are coming from ?

The only video that i can understand! Thanks.

There was nothing mentioned about making sure you don't exceed the maximum wire load of the existing box. There is a maximum amount of wire that can be present in an outlet/switch box. This is determined by wire gauge(s), box size, and devices installed.

Anything change when you need GFCI outlet?

An electrician willl give you everything but plain and simple directions

I have a question about plastic boxes. The devices I have tried the box I have impossible to screw into. Any suggestions

In this scenario, does the light switch control power to the outlet? I'm trying to do this but want to make sure the outlet will always have power regardless of the switch position. Thanks!

Great tutorial. Unfortunately this only works if your house is wired per current code. Older homes almost never have neutrals in switch boxes. It was code and common practice to just make a switch loop using a single 14-2 drop.

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