How to Switch an Outlet

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Published 2022-08-27

In this video, Chris shows how to wire a switch to control an outlet. Be sure to use 3-conductor wire, as shown in the video, even though you may not use the neutral wire right away.

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All Comments (21)

@mikehenderson2039 3 months ago

As a teenager, I was an apprentice with my dad as an electrician. This was the simplest and most helpful explanation of this process! Gotta love those wagu connectors!
@stephendaniel168 8 months ago

My man. I have a radon fan that is very quiet but I live in the mountains and don’t like the hum of it in the early morning when were having coffee and it’s real quiet. This video was perfect to show me how to wire a switch there.
@neilhoogendoorn8045 1 year ago

I watched so many videos and yours was the only one that made me understand what I was doing wrong. Thank you for explaining in plane language and for having great quality easy to see what your doing video.
@JanetMcLeodJones 14 days ago

Thank you so much for your video. I am 80 years old woman woman, and I just put in two plugs. I am ecstatic thank you, jmj
@agentnader 7 months ago

Thanks for another great video. Very detailed.
@danemmerich6775 8 months ago

Very Nicely done. Great explanation!!
@paulrodriguez1282 1 year ago

Thanks for teaching us. Very good video. Very well explained. Nice presentation. Thanks.
@Dontez82 11 months ago

This is a wonderful video! Thank you for your highly detailed explanations
@timmahoney2541 1 year ago

Best video on this subject (and I watched several). Thanks
@Archer838 1 year ago

Thank you for posting this!
@uchec31 1 year ago

Such clean work
@jerrypolete5258 1 year ago

I actually like these videos I can learn much more from your videos that are very informative. Great job and thank you for sharing
@BruceHill-rm4vw 1 year ago

Glad to see a switch loop wired correctly, however in this case the white wire is not a neutral, it is a grounded conductor. The white wire becomes a neutral when it carried the imbalance of two circuits.
@sauchoi1025 1 year ago

Thank you very well explained, bless
@Pitjefe_bbq 8 months ago

Great video ❤
@LeChenChen 8 months ago

OMG YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!
@earlb3 1 month ago

I am literally amazed that every video I see has black, red and white wires. I haven’t seen a red wire in Texas in my life. Where the fuck do these come from? What state are we in? I’m blown away by this we have black and black and white. Period.❤
@ternate1000 8 months ago

THANK YOU !!
@Johnny_Ocha 2 months ago

Excellent video. Thank you! 💪🙂👍
@janiehumada6816 7 months ago

Great video. I noticed you were able to open the push in Wago connector easily? How did you do that? I have been trying to figure it out since I bought them. By the way thank you for that info as well. I was still using wire nuts and these connectors are so much nicer and easier to use if I can just figure it out.