Unbelievable Split Switched Receptacle

Learning how to wire a split receptacle is the natural progression from wiring a plug.

Split switched receptacle. If you have a bedroom that has no overhead light chances are at least one of the receptacles in the room is a split receptacle. 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. In my case i m doing it so that i can have more power available on the.

This wire has a black white and bare wire in it. This project does involve a little more skill and electrical know how. You can also use a split receptacle in any other room to get the same benefit but some cautions apply.

Wiring a split switched receptacle. However a small section of the outlet is physically split to separate the functions. A split outlet is a duplex electrical outlet that is split into two sections so that each section receives power from its own separate hot or powered wire.

The outlet body itself is not physically split. When wiring a plug you only need to use 14 2 or 12 2 wire. A switched split duplex receptacle also known as a half hot is used to control a table or floor lamp with a wall switch near the room entrance.

The national electrical code requires that bedrooms have a light fixture controlled by a wall switch and when the construction has not included an overhead light the standard solution is a plug in light controlled. For split receptacle wiring you will need to use 14 3 or 12 3 wire. The black wire line connects to a switch terminal and the black wire of a 3 wire nm cable that travels to the split receptacle box.

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