How To Add A Pull Switch To A Wall Light

Mark this wire black.

How to add a pull switch to a wall light. An electrical tester is a good addition to any toolbox. 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. Take note of which wire causes the tester to light up. Restore power and operate the light with the new switch.

When you tighten the screw it will pull the wire down. Prep for installing toggle 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 attach a wire to a screw bend the bare wire to the left and slip it over the screw.

Place the cover plate over the switch and secure it with the holding screws. 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. Place the light switch inside the wall box and tighten the mounting screws with a phillips screwdriver. After removing the black wire to the fixture s lead splice it into the new white wire.

All that to say that this is the way that one can macgyver any wall sconce to have a switch. With the light switch turned off hold the noncontact voltage detector against each of the wires connected to the switch. This is the hot wire and the one you ll connect to the hot side of the new double switch. Insert a new section of electrical cable of the same.

Using a drill press make the hole for the switch in each plate. Then splice the fixture s black lead into the new black wire. Pass the chain through the hole and tighten the switch to the socket with the nut provided. If you are adding a switch to a finished wall see fish wires through walls for directions.

First make sure the toggle switch fits between the plate and wall.