Beautiful Adding A Light Fixture And Switch To An Existing Circuit

If the cable is too short you may have to splice on a short length of extra wire.

Adding a light fixture and switch to an existing circuit. Start by mounting the fixture strap to the box. If you think a room in your house is too dark you may want to add an additional wall light fixture. Strip the ends of the wires and connect them to the fixture.

Wrap the black wire from your new light fixture around a screw on the right side of the new switch. Then you will have a new hot and neutral in the box. Then add a second 14 2 up to the new fixture.

Wrap the remaining pigtail around the remaining screw on the new switch and tighten both screws. You can wire the new wall light fixture into the existing light and have a single switch control both lights. Or more sheathing visible inside the box.

This wiring illustrates how to add a new light fixture from an existing switch instead of from the light fixture. Wrap the black wire from the existing light fixture around one screw on the right side of the original switch. Option 1 branch the incoming power from the existing fixture down using a 14 2 to the existing switch.

Since the existing light is already connected to the switch and you are not adding a light switch most of the wiring you need will be present in the wall or ceiling. The code requires the box to be in an. Yet here i am adding a switch to an existing light.

Wrap one black pigtail around the other screw and tighten both screws. The switch will now control both. Photo 6 and figure a show how to connect the light fixture.