How do I connect a light and single pole switch from a receptacle that is presently live? I do not want the receptacle to be swithched but hot all the time?
Thanks.

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Originally Posted by dehill

How do I connect a light and single pole switch from a receptacle that is presently live? I do not want the receptacle to be swithched but hot all the time?
Thanks.

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Hire an electrician... do it yourself and burn the house down and your insurance won't want to pay the claim.

Run a two wire cable from the outlet box to the switch box location and a two wire cable from the switch box to the light.

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Run a two wire cable from the outlet to the light location and a two wire cable from the light box location to the switch location.
Cable must be same size as cable used to wire outlets (12 or 14 gauge).