How to make light switch/outlet connection.

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Bjferri

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Can someone please assist me?

This is what I have so far…I have the source (20 amp) coming into the switch box. I have the light fixture box wire coming into the switch box. I have the outlet box wire coming into the switch box.

My light switch is just a single pole.

Please tell me if I’m correct with these connections.

From the source in the switch box, all this takes place: I have to pigtail the black wire to the light switch and to the black outlet wire. From the source I have to pig tail the white wire to the light fixture wire and to the outlet wire. From the source I have to pigtail the ground to the light switch, the light fixture wire, and the outlet. Lastly I have to connect the black light wire to the light switch.

Thank you!
 

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Yup, that's right.

A little less confusingly:



All the grounds together

All the whites together

Source black to receptacle black & pigtail

Pigtail to one pole of the switch

Light fixture black to the other pole of the switch.



BTW, "pigtail" means a short length of wire, not just any & all wirenut connections.
 

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Really? My feminist older sister would take that as a compliment to her influence on me, growing up...

You mean sounded like, right? ;)

BTW, you got me in trouble with my wife for posting her pic w/o asking first.
 
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