How To Wire A Switch Outlet Combo

Fishing in a wire from the receptacle to the light fixture is fairly easy so this is how you would wire the switch receptacle combo device in this situation.

How to wire a switch outlet combo. In this special case wiring diagram both light and ordinary outlet is connected to the load terminals of gfci. The electrical wiring can be configured for the switch to control an overhead light leaving the outlet power available independently. There is a break away fin tab intact to the line terminals of normal combo switch and outlet whereas it doesn t exist in gfci or afci combo device. For example my living room outlets are connected to the same circuit as the lights which is usually the case in most houses so if i ever wanted to cut power to the outlets but keep the lights on i could install a switch outlet combo at the first outlet in the circuit.

The source is at the outlet and a switch loop is added to a new switch. The light on off operation can be controlled through the gfci switch while the ordinary outlet is directly connected to the gfci load terminals. Switch and the outlet can have different lines in. Switch can control the light and outlet.

Switch can control the light only. This wiring diagram illustrates adding wiring for a light switch to control an existing wall outlet. The combination outlet switch remedies this disparity. The hot source wire is removed from the receptacle and spliced to the red wire running to the switch.

Wiring a gfci combo switch outlet with protected light outlet receptacle. Before wiring installation of a combo device one must know the basic different between combo gfci and combo switch outlet. The following diagrams show each wiring configuration. Wiring an outlet to a switch loop.

Use the combination as a replacement for switches in locations where a receptacle is also needed. A switch and outlet combo can be configured in several ways. In addition there is test and and reset buttons on gfci combo switch outlet and one side can be used as line source. Ground connection diagram is shown separately.