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    Mar 24, 2010, 01:55 PM
    Connecting a receptacle through a switch
    I have a switch that controls the tops of two receptacles. I need to connect a third, always-live receptacle to the switch. How do I circumvent the switch so that both ends of the new receptacle are always live?
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    Mar 24, 2010, 02:02 PM
    Connecting a receptacle through a switch
    I have a switch that controls the tops of two receptacles. I need to connect a third, always-live receptacle to the switch. How do I circumvent the switch so that both ends of the new receptacle are always live?
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    Mar 24, 2010, 02:05 PM

    Hook new receptacle to your constant hot and a neutral.
    If you want to make one of your half switched recepticles, both hot or both switched remove the unneeded, and connect a jumper to make up for the tab that had been removed from the hot side of the receptacle.
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    Mar 24, 2010, 02:11 PM

    Hook new receptacle to your constant hot and a neutral.
    If you want to make one of your half switched recepticles, both hot or both switched remove the unneeded, and connect a jumper to make up for the tab that had been removed from the hot side of the receptacle.
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    Mar 24, 2010, 04:27 PM

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