How To Wire A Switch Leg

Also create a small hook in the bare copper wire which is used for ground and attach it to the screw with the green painted surface.

How to wire a switch leg. Installing one switch leg 14 2 with ground non metallic sheathed cable from the switch at 2 to the first light at 1 50 feet away and interconnect the first light to the second light at 3 100 feet away would use 150 feet of wire. The switch leg is still made up of two wires but the hot wire connects directly to the switch and the two wires connect directly to the outlet. The required grounding conductor is not shown in order to keep the diagrams simple. Step 4 prepare wiring for switched leg.

A three conductor cable is used to bring the hot wire the switch leg and the neutral conductor to the outlet on the right. Connect the wiring from the breaker box to the light switch by attaching the black wire to the brass colored screw terminal and the white wire to the silver colored terminal. The second wire completes the circuit by connecting to the house neutral wire in the switch wiring box instead of in the outlet wiring box.