Wiring A Double Switch Box. Installing a double switch 1. Instead of running a separate pigtail from the hot wire to each switch just leave the hot wire extra long.
In this case there will be. At the box the black wire is spliced with the white wire running to sw2. How to make a double light switch from a single light switch ensure all power is off.
Ensure that none of the wires are touching metal.
Both devices are spliced to the same hot source. Now i want to add another separate light controlled from the same location so i purchased a three stack rocker switch to control the three devices. In this diagram a light switch and receptacle are wired in the same box. The neutral is spliced with a pigtail to the neutral terminal on the receptacle and to the white wire running through to the neutral at the light fixture located in a separate box.
