I want to install an electrical outlet on a wall that doesn't have any other outlets. There is a wall light directly above the place where I need the outlet so I want to use that junction for the power source. I do not want the wall light's switch to control the outlet. How do I wire this?
hook the outlet to the wires where the fixture is. then go to where the switch is and unhook the switch. the 2 wires on the switch, hook them togather. it is that easy.
Depends on how the light is wired. If it's got only a black and a white wire, the only thing you can do is have the switch control the whole circuit. With only two wires, the black wire is made/broken at the switch, so the only way to get a circuit is to have the switch on. If you have two black and two white, you're OK. One B/W pair will go to the switch and the other B/W pair provides the power. If you have this, notice that one pair is wired across the black of the other pair. That is, a black wire coming in ties to another wire going out without going to the light. The companion wire of the one going to the switch should be wired to the light. That's your switch leg, and it is made /broken at the switch. The white wire of the leg in should be on the other pole of the light. You want to take your new wire and add the black to the connection on the black coming in. You'll now have three wires there - hot in, hot out to switch, hot to your new outlet. Take your white from your new run, undo the white of the leg in at the light. Connect those two and add a white pigtail. Wire the pigtail to the light. Be sure all circuits are off, and if you're not sure which wire is which, use an ohmeter to test. Be sure all grounds are connected in each box. Check out what will be on the circuits and make sure you don't overload them, and also that your boxes are rated for the amperage/wires you'll be using.
you cant. if the light is switched then it does not have a constant voltage applied to it. you need to have a home run or at least a wire that is daisy chained to a home run. you can however tie into the box where the switch is. there is constant voltage there. make sure the box is rated for the number of conductors that you will have. if this is not possible you may need an electrician to fish a wire from a j-box close by.
one way to do it would be to buy an inexpensive adapter that screws in like a light bulb and a light bulb screws into it and on each side of it is a plug in for stuff. it costs about 2 dollars and takes 2 seconds to install and it comes wif a pull chain too! the redneck tool shed light! I aint kidding they make em
you really shouldn't power outlet via light switch. Light switches should be 14-2 wire opposed to outlets that should be powered via 12-2 wire.
