Strip the electrical insulation from the wires. Then you need to feed power to the switch which will turn the light fixture on and off.
How To Wire Switches
How to wire a single pole switch. Disconnect the old switch wiring. 3 twist wires together with pliers before you put the wire nut on. 2 make sure you attach the ground wire to all metal boxes and all devices with the proper ground screw. 1 make sure all devices and splices are in a ul listed electrical box of the proper size. The white neutral wire and the ground connection are always on or always connected to the light even when it is turned off. To do this the white neutral conductors from the power in and the to the light fixture wires need to be connected to each other.
Remove the switch cover plate by removing the two screws. The switch is now. When wiring a single pole switch it is only necessary to connect the black power side cable to the switch. Steps for wiring a single pole switch remove the existing switch if necessary. Connecting the new. To do this the power in and the power out conductors need to be connected.
Turn off the power. Once you find the 2 screws you want to use so the switch is in the up position for on connect your hot wires to. Remove the old switch. If this is a new installation strip 34 of the insulation from the. Turn off the power to the switch circuit by switching off the circuits breaker in your homes service panel breaker box. You would use one of the dark colored screws with one of the light colored screws.
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