How To Wire A Ceiling Light To A Wall Switch

The wiring trick that lets you wire a ceiling fan with light to one switch.

How to wire a ceiling light to a wall switch.

If the wall is heavily insulated push conduit through the insulation and then feed wires or cable through the conduit. The ceiling light fixture requires a neutral for the light to work and your wall switch box does not have a neutral wire available so additional wiring will be required to obtain the neutral wire from the outlet. Adding a wall switch to a ceiling fixture can be done in a matter of hours. That second wire is usually blue or red.

Drill through the floor in the correct stud bay and send the wires for the switch and the light up to the switch using the fish tape. That s usually the hot wire for the light. Connect the blue wire to the red wire. Twist those two wires together then connect them to the black or red wire that came out of your.

Common applications include ceiling or hallway light switches a cellar or attic light a ceiling fan or chandelier or an outdoor patio light. The biggest challenge is planning the cable route and running it from the fixture to the new wall switch position. A single wall switch controls the power to the fan and light together whereas a dual wall switch has two separate switches one for the fan and the other for the light. Connect the electrical wire to your source of power using the pliers and wire nuts and fish it through the joists until it reaches the light switch.

Split the incoming hot wire into a y and connect it to a terminal on each switch. Pick a single pole light switch for most applications. Connect black fan wire to the black ceiling wire. The ceiling fan will have a black wire and another non white wire.

With single switch wiring power to the fan is controlled by a standard single pole wall switch like a regular light switch. Now for the trick. To do this method the wire from your wall circuit to your light has to have 3 wires. Connect white wires together.

Connecting another light to an existing light and switch is an easy electrical wiring job. In the switch box. The fan has power when the switch is on while the fan speed and the light if the fan has one are controlled by pull chains on the fan itself or by a remote control device. A single pole wall switch usually has a lever or toggle that completes the circuit when it is flipped up to turn a light device or appliance on.

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.