Electrical – Removing light switch permanently

Switches normally just "make or break" the hot lead. Neutral conductors should never be connected to switches except for PIR wall switches and many wall timers. They need to have a neutral connector.

So you should have:

1) constant live hot wire (normally black in USA, but you never know without testing)

2) switched hot wire that delivers switched power to the load (I use red for that, never know...)

3) ground wire (green or bare)

4) Neutral wire (normally white...)

Carefully test, you should be able to identify.

1. Turn off the breaker
2. Remove the face plate. You should find two (usually) black wires on opposite ends of the switch.
3. Remove the switch, and join the two black wires with a wire nut.
4. Turn on the breaker, and test the outlet
5. Put a blank face plate on the (now junction block)
6. Install cabinets
7. Cut a hole in the back of the cabinet to access the junction box.