Connect the black wire coming into the light to the common terminal on the switch and connect the other 2 wires to the other 2 terminals.
Wiring diagram for lamp with night light.
This diagram illustrates the wiring for a bedside lamp with two sockets.
Sometimes it is handy to have an outlet controlled by a switch.
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Want to turn a lamp on with a light switch.
This diagram illustrates wiring for one switch to control 2 or more lights.
Bring the wires to the switch.
The light switch should always remain in the on position for the photocell to operate automatically.
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If you are talking about a lamp with a built in night light.
Turn the light switch off first to make sure the lights do in fact turn off to isolate the problem to the wiring at the photocell or the photocell itself.
With a light sensor controlling the function of the light it automatically turns on when the sun goes down and turns off when it comes back up.
Connect the 3 white wires together.
Wiring a 2 bulb lamp switch.
Table lamps or floor lamps often have two or more bulb sockets and rewiring these offers some different challenges than wiring a single bulb lamp not only is there the main plug in lamp cord feeding up through the base of lamp but somewhere within the body of the lamp this main cord is connected to secondary cords running to each of the sockets.
And best of all wiring the fixture isn t that difficult to do.
If the lights remain on with the switch off highly doubtful you have something messed up.
The hot and neutral terminals on each fixture are spliced with a pigtail to the circuit wires which then continue on to the next light.
The source is at sw1 and 2 wire cable runs from there to the fixtures.
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The switch allows for energizing the top bulb only the night light only both bulbs at once or.
Multiple light wiring diagram.
The second socket b typically holds a small low wattage bulb similar to a night light bulb.
Run a set 2 wires to the main light and another set to the night light.
By installing an outside post lamp that has a built in light sensor you ll never have to worry about those concerns ever again.
Switched outlet wiring diagram.
Wire a switched outlet.