Wiring New Porch Light

If you don t have an outdoor box to tap in to consider installing one on your house.

Wiring new porch light.

In our project we run a line from an existing outdoor outlet on the house to a light and receptacle at the edge of a garden path. You ve completed wiring the light switch and the outside light together. Take a pencil and mark where you want to add the porch light. For added security program the lights to stay on until dawn.

It incorporates a combination light switch outlet photo 11. Step 1 mark the area where the light will be added. You should locate the junction box for the porch and place the light as close as you can to it so that you have less wire to run to the new light. This is a pretty straightforward project and doesn t require cutting the sidings of the.

Such switches have override options for turning the light on and off at will. Attach one wire at the light end to the white wire of the light by twisting them together with a wire nut and the other wire to the black wire of the light by twisting them together with a wire nut. Set them to go on at dusk and off at bedtime. The outlet is always hot and the switch controls only the light.