Screw both grounds and the short piece to this screw. There should be a grounding screw at the back of the box.
#Wiring an on off switch install#
Install the box.įrom the wire you're going to discard, pull out about 4 inches of bare copper. Thread them both into the box and tighten the clamps. Remove about 8 or more inches of outer sheathing from both the light wire and the new wire.
Cut the old wire, leaving about a foot or more below the hole. Pull it up to the switch hole, leaving a foot or more of excess. Tape some 14-2 wire to the disconnected wire in the receptacle hole. With a drywall saw, cut a hole for your new switch and box. If you do not feel 100% confident in your abilities, Call a professional.įollow the wire up the wall to a good switch height. The following instructions involve messing around with wiring. At this point, I'd call in a professional. In either situation, you'll need to pull more wire and damage more plaster. Or, there could be another receptacle or more lights being powered at the end of the chain. For example, the power could be going to the lights, then to the receptacle. The following is really only applicable if the situation is exactly as I described above. If not, turn the power off and re-wire everything the way it was. If everything is good, the lights are off, and the receptacle works AND everything else in the house works. Test the receptacle and the lights, and anything else in the vicinity. Disconnect the upper wires from the receptacle, wire nut the ends so they're safe, and wrap electrical tape right around the screws on the receptacle so you don't accidentally short it out against the box. BUT!!!! it might also be powering other things. (Power still off!) The wire coming into the box from the bottom is likely your panel connection, and the one running out the top is probably your light power. Now, chances are, that there is a cord running up the wall from that receptacle that powers the lights. Find a receptacle near the lights that also went off. 
I have already combed through regular search-engine results without much luck. In addition to ideas for converting the fixtures, I welcome suggestions for places that sell nice-ish switched lights. Is it possible somehow to convert a non-switched receptacle to a switched one, or is there some kind of piece that you can screw in before you screw in the light bulb that is a switch, or some kind of solution to this problem?Ĭan I take a plug-in lamp with an on-off switch (obviously not inline with the cord, but on the fixture itself), and install that in the wall? I feel like it would be hard to attach such a fixture to the wall, though. I'm looking to replace them without spending a fortune (ideally something with a Mission feel for under $100 apiece), but finding a good replacement is hard, with the limitation of an on-off switch on the fixture. The trouble is they are all different fixtures and all pretty ugly. My 3 wall lights are hard wired and have on-off switches on the units.
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