Wiring a Split, Switched Receptacle.
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In working on our son's room I decided to make one of his plugs switchable so that he could control a lamp with his wall switch. Being the crafty man about town that I am, I decided I wanted to switch only half of the device, leaving one plug constantly hot. Why switch the whole thing when there's only one lamp? It would mean loosing an opportunity for permanent power at that location. How would today's modern lad power his army of electronic devices?
To split a receptacle, there's an easy trick. There's a little bridge between the terminal screws on the "hot" side of the device. The "hot" side has brass color screw terminals and is on the side that has the smaller, vertical slot on the face.
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To split a receptacle, there's an easy trick. There's a little bridge between the terminal screws on the "hot" side of the device. The "hot" side has brass color screw terminals and is on the side that has the smaller, vertical slot on the face.
Read the whole story on the blog!
Wiring a half switched plug with three wires (+ground)
To break the plug into two outlets, snip this bridge / jumper.
I like to install the receptacle upside down to signal that it's different than the rest in the room.
Wiring a half switched with two wires (+ground)
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You might want to show how to jump on off the existing room switch to add a switch for the outlet.
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John, what an excellent illustration that you posted in your article. Looking at it has me thinking about maybe sharing to my son who's wanting to get into an industrial electrician position. He has a passion with wiring since he did most of the wiring of my house alongside his uncle. <a href='http://www.epgi.com.au/about' ></a>
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