In the wiring diagram above a hot and a neutral enter the single pole switch box. The hot source at the outlet is spliced to the black wire running to the switch and the hot wires running to the other outlets in.

Multiple Switch Wiring 3 Way And Single Pole Electrical 101
Single pole switch and outlet wiring diagram. Buy a single pole switch if one switch controls the lights or a three way if you have two switches controlling the same lights. Light switch wiring diagram with power from the circuit breaker panel going to an electrical receptacle outlet and then continues to the next outlet and then to a single pole wall switch and then to another outlet. A few fluorescent lights can be dimmed with special dimmer switches but most cant. This is commonly used to turn a table lamp on and off when entering a room. Here a receptacle outlet is controlled with a single pole switch. Here a switch has been added to control an existing receptacle.
Standard and halogen bulbs require standard incandescent dimmers. Wall outlet switch wiring diagram. In this diagram 2 wire cable runs between sw1 and the outlet. Wiring a switch to a wall outlet. The source is at sw1 and the hot wire is connected to one of the terminals there. From there a 3 conductor cable is installed to a.
The same wiring diagram can be used if the power is instead coming from another outlet and connected to one of the depicted outlets on the end. Switched outlet diagram with hot and a neutral entering the switch box. They can work in conjunction with one another or they can be connected and used independent of each other. The switch takes the hot from the middle receptacle here and 3 wire cable runs from there to the new switch location. Multiple receptacle outlets can be connected with lighting outlets as depicted in the above light switch wiring diagram. The switchreceptacle combo device is set up like a duplex receptacle but has a 15a single pole switch in one half and a single 15a 125v receptacle in the other half.