How To Add A Pull Switch To A Wall Light

Prep for installing toggle switch.

How to add a pull switch to a wall light.

Determine where the pull switch will fit inside the socket and drill a hole large enough for the nut attachment of the switch to fit through. To attach a wire to a screw bend the bare wire to the left and slip it over the screw. After removing the black wire to the fixture s lead splice it into the new white wire. Using a drill press make the hole for the switch in each plate.

Tighten those screws with a slotted screwdriver. I have bought some wall lights that dont have a internal pull cord on them as the lights are currently wired from the ceiling rose with a live feed coming in. Pass the chain through the hole and tighten the switch to the socket with the nut provided. Insert a new section of electrical cable of the same.

To wire the ceiling fixture to the new wall switch first connect the copper grounding wire to the fixture. What i want to do is i have bought a mini pull switch 2a from tlc and drill a small hole to fix it to the light fitting base i. An electrical tester is a good addition to any toolbox. If you are adding a switch to a finished wall see fish wires through walls for directions.

Place the light switch inside the wall box and tighten the mounting screws with a phillips screwdriver. Mark this wire black. Unscrew the two screws that hold the switch in the box and pull the switch and the wiring out of the box as far as the wiring will allow. With the light switch turned off hold the noncontact voltage detector against each of the wires connected to the switch.

Restore power and operate the light with the new switch. Then splice the fixture s black lead into the new black wire. This is the hot wire and the one you ll connect to the hot side of the new double switch. First make sure the toggle switch fits between the plate and wall.

All that to say that this is the way that one can macgyver any wall sconce to have a switch.