Divine Wiring Diagram For Light Switch

And how to wire a light switch into the circuit.

Wiring diagram for light switch. This diagram illustrates wiring for one switch to control 2 or more lights. The hot and neutral terminals on each fixture are spliced with a pigtail to the circuit wires which then continue on to the next light. Fixture wiring exits the switch box.

The source is at sw1 and 2 wire cable runs from there to the fixtures. Switched white wires are shown in a different wiring diagram. Jan 24 18 02 09 pm.

Red wire this wire is used for 3 or 4 way switches and will connect the switches together so they can each control your lights. Black wire this is the hot or load wire. Wiring of a light switch is very simple and easy connection.

A one way light switch is quite easy to wire up. Gangs and their ways explained. Old lighting circuit cable colours unharmonised new lighting circuit cable colours harmonised twin and earth cable current ratings.

Suppose you want to turn off the bulb top of the staircase from the upper switch above the ladder then switch off the switch then the circuit will break and the bulb will close. You need to connect your neutral wire to light socket and hot wire to the switch and from the switch you connect the wire to light bulb socket other free terminal and ground wire to the one way switch earthling point as i shown in the below diagram. From here it is easy to modify the 2 way switch diagram to add an intermediate switch which.

The cable going to the light switch is connected as follows fig 2. Single gang 1 way. To turn the bulb on again turn the same switch on the top of the staircase.