For example you might want to turn on a bathroom light separately from the ceiling fan. Cut two lengths of black wire and two lengths of bare copper wire about 6 inches long.
Replacing Single Pole Light Switches With Double Pole
How to install a double light switch. One switch to a bath light and one switch to the fan. Use a fine tip pen and mark a spot through each of the holes onto the wall behind so you know where to drill. Remove the front cover of the switch and hold it in position where you want it to be mounted. Placing a double switch near to the entrance of a room or garage or at the bottom of the stairs is advisable so it is easily accessible. This piece is about installing a double pole switch for a hot water heater a ceiling heater a compressor or anything else with less than 30 amps rating. A simple and easy to follow video of how to replace a 2 gang.
I used the same brand of 2 gang for. A 220 volt line can be wired up in two different ways each for a specific purpose. With levitons extensive assortment of combination devices you can fill a one gang space with two switches a switch and receptacle even a switch and gfci. Loosen the screws on the double light switch. Though it is not difficult to wire a double switch careful attention to safety is crucial to prevent injury. Now attach the bare copper wire to the green ground screw.
Alternately it will go to a screw in the middle or bottom of the switch. The ground wire if one exists will go to the screw that is green. Then mimic the wire connections on the old double light switch by wrapping the ends of the hot wires around these screws. I show how to wire a double switch. From sensor guide lights to multi. Sparky channel 6494 views.
The new switch will have several places to connect wires. I have 2 single pole switches in one box. Double switch test and replacement for bath fan and light in a 1960 house duration. How to install two light switches from one power source. Generally youll want to attach the breaker box hot wire to the black terminal screw on the common side of the switches and then the hot wires leading to the light fixtures to the other two terminal screws. If a double pole switch is to be added to a 220 volt line with a two wire cable only two wires will come.
To wire a double switch youll need to cut the power remove the old switch then feed and connect the wires into the double switch fixture. How to replace a 2 gang double light switch in new zealand subscribe and request a video. Form a c shaped loop in one end of the black wires and hook it in a clockwise direction around the bottom screw terminal. Strip about 34 inch of. Curl the wire into a clockwise hook slide it under the screw head and tighten the screw down.
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