How to wire an additional light to an existing light switch adding a light to a circuit. Choose the fixture first.
Adding An Extra Light From A Light Switch
Add light to existing switch. Examples include adding lighting underneath kitchen wall cabinets where the existing switch will be at the exact height of the new lighting or installing an outside light by routing the cable directly through the back of an existing switch box to the outside. If i can do it so can you. Please help if you know a solution. Turn off all power supply to the room in which you will be working. Yet here i am adding a switch to an existing light. Wrap the black wire from your new light fixture around a screw on the right side of the new switch.
After this and after hours of efforts i was unable to get the google home app to recognise the hue bulb. Check that there is no. This way you will be sure not to interfere with the wiring that is dedicated for the 3 way switches at each end of the stairs. If you wish to add a light fixture it is best to extend the wire from the existing light fixture or connect the new fixture wiring at the switch box where the existing fixture is fed from. Following this i entered the google home app to connect the light going to set up new device set up new devices and following the steps. The length of wire needed for your project depends on your needs.
If for example you are creating volt lighting for a model rocketry setup you will need at least 25 feet between the battery the switch and the lighting to maintain some distance. Wrap one black pigtail around the other screw and tighten both screws. Then pick a rectangular or round remodeling box that is small enough to be covered by the light fixture canopy. This is about a 15 min project plus the time it takes to chase the wire took me about 30 minutes to chase the wire. After youve determined that the existing switch box will work to power the new light its time to shop for the sconce and pick up the remodeling box cable and electrical connectors youll need. Connect the wire to the lights determine the length of wire needed.
Wiring the new light. Unscrew the wire nut holding the two black wires together on your existing light. You can usually install a light fixture between an existing one and the switch by cutting the cable to the existing fixture at the location of the new one inserting the ends of the cable into the electrical box for the new fixture and pigtailing the new fixture onto these wires. After connecting the light to the phillips hue bluetooth app and going to connect the light to the google home i selected the option to make the light discoverable. In this circuit the neutral and ground wires running to the new light are spliced in the switch box with the wires running to the existing light. Enjoy your new light fixture.
Wrap the black wire from the existing light fixture around one screw on the right side of the original switch. Wiring a new light from an existing switch this wiring illustrates how to add a new light fixture from an existing switch instead of from the light fixture.
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