Light Switch Wiring

Light switch wiring can be a do-it-yourself project with this instruction from AsktheBuilder.com host Tim Carter. You’ll have no trouble wiring a light switch with his simple tips, and doing light switch wiring yourself will save you lots of money. … light switch wiring switches ask builder tim carter wire home house how to

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25 Responses to “Light Switch Wiring”

  1. jnse78 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    OMG… does it not exist any more modern switches and stuffs in US then what we see in the video??
    Just check in European stuffs! :-)

  2. bajsbopper 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    Darn.. Do you use switches like that in the US today or are they from the 60’s?

  3. AsktheBuilder 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    That’s a whole different video….. Too many videos to tape, too little time.

  4. FixFalcon 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    But I’m sure it’s perfectly legal down under to own and harbor an incredibly dangerous kangaroo! In America, you would get heavily fined for keeping such a lethal pet!

  5. FixFalcon 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    Of course it’s easy with no walls. How about telling me how to wire modern switches into pre-existing light fixtures with the switches ON the fixture…

  6. 3fingersalute 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    One of two solutions here. Either pull the switch and unloosen both screws and swap wires to the other screws, OR if there is enough slack in the wire, unscrew it from the box, flip it 180 degrees and screw it back in place…Make sure breaker is off so you don’t get your nuts zapped.

    But, if its a new house, make the electrician who wired it come fix it for free.

  7. imgonnawinu 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    the earth should have been connected first for safety reasons

  8. budtastic101 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    Are you looking for lighting in the uk or usa totally different as both wires switch wire and light drop should drop from the light fitting in the uk

  9. AsktheBuilder 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    Uh, yes. I show you how in this video. Look at the wires coming into and out of the box. Also watch my 3-Way Switch video to see what to do with the white and ground wires.

  10. ihatedemocrats11 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    does anyone know how to wire a light from scratch? like tapping into a power source and wiring it up?

  11. AsktheBuilder 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    You turn the switch upside down……

  12. ichimich75 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    quick question sir, how do you repair a switch where the functions are reversed?
    flipping up turns light off and down is on…very nerve racking when its every switch in your new house

  13. stevedeez 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    yes, just wire nut the whites together

  14. mattjns 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    Wow. How cultures and countries differ. A ‘do it yourself wiring project’, is a sentence you’d never see in Australia. This is 100% illegal here and you would get heavily fined if busted!

  15. Straxus1 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    This video shows the light at the end of the circuit, but you could have the white and black wires at the switch if the light is wired before the switch.

  16. crozzy98 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    lol, the neutral wire isnt a load its an electron return to the neutral/ground bar in the pannel. a switch a simple series circuit. the hot wire breaks the load of the device. there’s no neutral connection in a switch because its a not a device, all its doing is breaking and making voltage and reactive current.

  17. AsktheBuilder 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    Yes. The neutral or white wire goes to the load.

  18. scottytbird 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    Where does the white wire go? Does it bypass the switch and go straight to the load/light to complete the circuit?

  19. redmarquez 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    make sure the power is off before you go doing it yourself make sure you know what your getting into maybe do live dead live 1st

  20. emericansk8er12345 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    thank you=)

  21. gazamc08 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    this looks like an intersting trade

  22. AsktheBuilder 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    Yes I can.

  23. emericansk8er12345 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    can you mak a video on how to wire a light switch so that it controls an outlet? please reply

  24. focaaaa 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    it does matter where the wires go because one is a switch leg and one is a feed

  25. AsktheBuilder 17 November 2009 at 20:26 #

    It’s a plastic box. The ground wire was attached to the ground screw on the switch.