Wiring A Switch Off An Outlet. 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. Instead of running a separate pigtail from the hot wire to each switch just leave the hot wire extra long.
Connect the last switch in the usual manner looping the wire around the screw in a clockwise direction. 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. To connect the switches simply score the wire with your wire stripper and push the insulation to expose about 3 4 in.
At the switch the neutral wire is capped unless needed to power a smart switch such as a new.
The hot source wire is removed from the receptacle and spliced to the red wire running to the switch. The incoming power from the outlet is attached to one of the light switch screw terminals and the black wire of the cable leading to the light fixture is attached to the other light switch screw terminal. At the switch the neutral wire is capped unless needed to power a smart switch such as a new. The source is at the outlet and a switch loop is added to a new switch.
