How To Add A Pull Switch To A Wall Light

With the light switch turned off hold the noncontact voltage detector against each of the wires connected to the switch.

How to add a pull switch to a wall light.

First make sure the toggle switch fits between the plate and wall. If you are adding a switch to a finished wall see fish wires through walls for directions. This is the hot wire and the one you ll connect to the hot side of the new double switch. All that to say that this is the way that one can macgyver any wall sconce to have a switch.

When you tighten the screw it will pull the wire down. After removing the black wire to the fixture s lead splice it into the new white wire. Place the light switch inside the wall box and tighten the mounting screws with a phillips screwdriver. Insert a new section of electrical cable of the same.

To attach a wire to a screw bend the bare wire to the left and slip it over the screw. What i want to do is i have bought a mini pull switch 2a from tlc and drill a small hole to fix it to the light fitting base i. Determine where the pull switch will fit inside the socket and drill a hole large enough for the nut attachment of the switch to fit through. An electrical tester is a good addition to any toolbox.

Pass the chain through the hole and tighten the switch to the socket with the nut provided. I have bought some wall lights that dont have a internal pull cord on them as the lights are currently wired from the ceiling rose with a live feed coming in. Mark this wire black. Tighten those screws with a slotted screwdriver.

Then splice the fixture s black lead into the new black wire. Prep for installing toggle switch. Restore power and operate the light with the new switch. Unscrew the two screws that hold the switch in the box and pull the switch and the wiring out of the box as far as the wiring will allow.

To wire the ceiling fixture to the new wall switch first connect the copper grounding wire to the fixture.