Looking Good Changing Light Switch To Combo Outlet

The switch is just a switch leg drop so the power for the light comes in to the light box and then there is a 2 wire drop down to the switch to turn the light on and off.

Changing light switch to combo outlet. Use tight wire nuts for cable and wire joints. How to replace a light switch with a switch outlet combo. The switch can control your lights the switch can control the outlet or the switch can control both your lights and the outlet.

Without some additional wiring you will not be able to accomplish this task. You could replace the light switch on the wall with a switch outlet combo. Wiring an outlet to the combo switch outlet.

While i have no shower walls covering the stud bay i decided to add an outlet. Change a switch outlet combo to a switch g f i. Convert a light switch to an outlet remove the black wires from the switch screw a wire cap on the dead one and push it back into the box out of the way.

In this situation there is no need to send the neutral down to the switch as well. You d still have the switch to control the lights but you now have an extra outlet that you can use for that fancy new blender you bought. Be sure none of the exposed wire is showing under the cap because if it is you could contact it with your tools or it could touch another wire.

Say your countertop appliances are hogging all of the outlets in your kitchen. Combo in order to make it up to national electrical code because it is a kitchen counter top outlet and close.