Wiring A Light Switch From An Outlet. In this video we learn how to wire a half hot receptacle which is useful if you want to control an outlet with a light switch. Wiring a switch for a light that also powers an outlet.
I have provided links below that will show you a few wiring diagrams that describe how this can be done. Now remove the wire cap from the two white wires in the box add the white wire from the outlet and reset the cap. Connect the last switch in the usual manner looping the wire around the screw in a clockwise direction.
At the switch the neutral wire is capped unless needed to power a smart switch such as a new.
Wiring a switch for a light that also powers an outlet. The source is at the outlet and a switch loop is added to a new switch. The source neutral wire on the receptacle is removed and spliced to the white wire running to the switch and to a pigtail back to the receptacle neutral. Switch box wiring at the switch box the white neutral wires are spliced together and the ground wires are spliced and a pigtail wire is added and attached to the green ground screw on the light switch frame.
