Wiring A Light And Switch. At the switch the black wire is connected to the new switch. Basic knowledge of how to wire a light switch black wire this is the hot or load wire white wire this is the neutral wire bare copper green wire this is your ground wire red wire this wire is used for 3 or 4 way switches and will connect the switches together so they can each control.
Jan 24 18 02 26 pm. Two wire cable runs from the combo to the light fixture and the switch output is connected to the black wire running to the fixture hot terminal. The ceiling light fixture requires a neutral for the light to work and your wall switch box does not have a neutral wire available so additional wiring will be required to obtain the neutral wire from the outlet.
Sometimes it is handy to have an outlet controlled by a switch.
Two wire cable runs from the combo to the light fixture and the switch output is connected to the black wire running to the fixture hot terminal. The source neutral wire is spliced to the neutral on the receptacle half of the combo device and to the white cable wire running to the light. Jan 24 18 02 09 pm. In this picture you can see the strip gauge on the back of the switch.
