How to Wire a Circuit Where the Switch Controls the Power to an Outlet

So i have this exact Set up. Power goes to switch then controls the outlet. ALL the ground and neutrals are separtly twisted together where the switch is , can i just twist 2 Black wires together and call it good?

I have an extra red wire I have no idea what to do with it

So I have an electric clothes dryer with too long of a vent run. I plan on adding an inline booster fan with a secondary lint trap to the run. My question is, is there a way to get the fan to only run when the dryer is on (automatically turning on the booster fan). I have looked at the ones with Pressure switches and they are costly (and I have read of issues with them not always detecting airflow properly). Is there a way to do this electrically considering the circuit for a dryer is 240/250 v outlet and the fan is just normal 120?

Fast and easy thank you. I needed the second version

I have a question ? I have a switch that's connected to 3 outlets the problem is the top part of the outlets had constant power the bottom parts of all 3 out lets are powered by the switch is this an easy fix

excellent wording

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Great video thank you 🙏

Can you help me wire an exhaust fan/light. It’s not as simple as this Please and thank you

Thank you very much. This is exactly what I was looking for and you hit it right on the ball. I appreciate you.

So 12/3 or 14/3 are only for a split receptacle? thx.

Thanks man. My setup was the first example with white being hot, but it didn't have black tape over it. Good thing I had a tester to check the wires.

Great video. I’m starting to understand. But in my particular situation, the switch controls a light and an outlet in my bathroom. How would I go about making the outlet always hot and the light still controlled by the switch?

Just curious, in your first example where you add the switch, what's the reason for using a white wire with black tape on the ends, instead of just using a black wire? My assumption is that it (A) shouldn't look like there are two separate hots coming together when the switch is turned on and (B) should indicate that the wire can be hot, but might not be due to the presence of the switch. That, however, is just an assumption.

I have the same setup in two of the room upstairs. I want to add recess lights…..how can I add it to this kind of set up and have the outlet on all the time where the switch only control the lights?

Just what I needed.

I’m trying to use a double pole single throw switch to run a tablesaw and a vacuum on two separate circuits AND Extend the second circuit to two other outlets in my shop, which remain unaffected by the switch. Hell if I can figure this out.

Why use a white wire from switch to receptacle instead of a black wire?

Thankyou for a straight forward explanation 😊

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Can you tell me if it is possible to add a wall outlet off of a light circuit that is controlled by two wall switches?

Thank you very very the way you explained if was spot on 😊

I have a wierd situation. I have a 12/3 wire power source running to a receptacle. Then there is a 12/2 wire runs from receptacle to the switch to control the switch. I am replacing the receptacle and switch but now I cannot figure out how it was wired. Can you explain how to do this

AWESOME!!!!

Thank you so much…

Thank you for the thorough explanation!

This was so helpful thanks!

I am so lost. I have a light switch. From the light switch there is an outlet above it. The light switch works. The outlet does not. I have watched many videos and it seems like everything is connected properly. I’ve tested all the wires and it doesn’t look like I have power on one of my black wires. But my white neutral wire has power. Ugh I don’t know

Clear and crisp instructions, Thank you!!!! right to the point

Thanks for a great explanation. I was replacing a receptacle and when I pulled out it out. I looked at the wires and the broken tab. I could understand what was going on.

I have a question please if anyone can answer, I want to put a switch to turn pool pump on/off when vacuuming this video explains perfect but my out is a 3 prong insert and twist, will the wiring be any different, I didn’t install the outlet a neighbor did and he has since moved and darn electricians are too darn expensive

I was trying to take an existing outlet that is controlled by a switch and make one outlet controlled by the switch and one outlet hot. Is that able to be done with an existing setup?

I have a metal pole barn and I’m using metal boxes. How would I wire a switch that would turn on a string of outlets and make sure it doesn’t make the barn hot?

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How would I keep the outlet hot while still running power to the switch for a light and garage door with another run going to another outlet all in the same box? Also, there’s no ground wire coming in from the power source feed.

how does it work when the switch onlycontrols one of the receptacles on the outlet? the other receptacle is always hot. is that a specific type of outlet?

I live in New Zealand. All our power sockets have switches.

can you take a hot wire from another switch to power up a second light with a switch

Excellent instruction

I have a switch that controls my lights and the outlet underneath I should I bypass it to let the outlet always be hot and the light switch to still turn lights on and off

Great teaching. im gonna install a fan in my living room, but i would like to know where to intercept the power on this type of setup

Great video! My house has an outlet in it where only the top plug runs off the switch and the bottom plug is always hot. Just recently, I removed my garbage disposal that was plugged into the outlet so I could perform some maintenance on it. When I went to plug it back in, it turned on despite the switch being off. Both plugs are now hot all the time. I tested the switch with a meter and it's good but I'm not sure about the outlet. The new outlet has four places to plug into, two on the left and two on the right, plus the green for the earth ground. The wires I'm looking at are red, black, white, and copper earth ground. I won't mention the copper wire because there's no doubt where that goes. The old outlet had red and black on the right and white on the left. I noticed that the new outlet has continuity at both connection points on the left and the right where as the old one only had continuity on the left. Removable tab? I think I see it but I'm not sure. Anyway, I'm still messing with it but since I liked your video, I thought I'd ask you and see if you could add that little tidbit to it.

Fantastic! Thank you!

Could this be done in the same box? I would like to put this together in my garage without adding another box.

Excellent VERY CLEAR explanation. Thanks for putting that on a board like that rather than showing a real life example (which is too hard to see clearly)

Yes it made perfect sense but it didn't work.

Very well explained! Thanks!! This helps a lot!

Good job u made that easy don’t know how many videos make it such mess