How To Add An Outlet From A Light Switch | Common Mistake

Great video. Another tip is to write the circuit number on the back of the plate cover so that next time you need to work on the switch or outlet, you know which circuit to shutoff.

The 1st rule of wiring. Never trust the guy who wired it before you. Assumptions are the mother of all electrical deaths. Great video! I would only add that there is generally a minimum height off the floor of 15 inches to the bottom of the receptacle, but one would need to check their local codes to be sure.

Bro, you are the man!!! You hit all the key points , and provide necessary information to to complete a project.

Exactly what I want to do in my storage locker at work. Now I know how to supply power to the outlet without needing the switch. Thank you Adam. New subscriber.👍👍👍👍

This guy is awesome. I replaced a complicated light fixture in my almost 100 yr old home in no time and with confidence!! Thanks

I normally use the stud on the other side of the cavity from the light. This does make it a little more difficult to fish the wire but it does reduce the risk of the box conflicting with a wire running down the stud with the switch.

This is my 34th year of teaching high school students, this dude is an awesome teacher, thanks for saving me thousands of dollars of electrician fees 🤩

Very well thought out teaching. Great communication. Obvious you planned the content before you started filming. Thanks for all the work to create something this good.

Your cameraman/woman should get 'thumbs up' too. Wonderful videos. I have a retired electrician friend who helps me a lot. He told me some of the common mistakes you mention often. But, seeing and hearing these in your videos are very helpful. You are good teacher. Your neighbors are lucky!!!

No long or unnecesary talk, direct to the point, easy to understand. Excelente video buddy. You just got a new suscriber.

I watched a few of your videos and they are very well made and very informative. I am 60 yrs old and done many electrical DYI’s but today I learned about the hole in the wire strippers to make the curve in the wire, I use to wrap the wire around a small screwdriver or clamp the end of the wire with the wire striper and twist into a curve. I’m always looking for the best way to do a job safely and properly and I have a question about receptacle installation that an electrical engineer told me about which makes sense to me but I’ve wrote enough for now and will ask the question later on. thanks for your videos. 👍😎👍

Learned something new today. I will be removing the ears on my future outlets when using old work boxes from now on. Thanks!

One comment I would like to add is that sometimes a switch only contains a switch loop and the power is up at the fixture. I personally never wire switches that way but you would definitely want to check that before you cut your hole for the new outlet. Thanks for your video, you do a great job on all of your tutorials.

A very useful concept is how to connect the black live wire. It may seem trivial, but as you explain, it is an important thing that can become a hazzle going forward. Thank you for sharing the details. Being an electrical engineer myself, I really appreciate your professional approach to handle electrical power safely 🙂

Totally agree with you on the wiring. It’s frustrating to see it done the wrong way.😊

Great video! Followed it to the T and got myself everything working on the first go. Thank you for such a detailed and prescriptive video.

Love your training videos very well thought out and easy to understand.

Nice video. Very clear and informative. I would like to add a couple of items that I didn’t see in the video nor the instructions. First, seeing that it was a 15A circuit from the breaker box, it’s important to note that using the correct wire and receptacle is a safety concern. Too many people will just grab materials from their home supply store and think they’re all the same. Using the matching wire and receptacle to the circuit is a safety concern. Secondly, using the correct wire nut is just as important. In the video, a yellow wing nut is used with 3 #14 gauge wire. Code would recommend a red wire nut when combining 3 #14.

This was very helpful. Thank you! I found written instructions that were very clear except for explaining the pigtail from the hot wire. Watching your video did the trick.

Thank you man. I just bought a new home and had a small room planned for my Airbnb coffee shack. Went and bought the table and mini fridge, coffee maker etc and then realized there wasn't a single outlet in the entire room. Luckily I only needed one and in 30 minutes I had it done and works great. Tested it with a wiring tested and got Correct lights. So went great. And I wasn't sure if the outlet would be hot only went the switch was on but it wasn't. Hot all the time like I wanted. Saved me from having to call an electrician.