I live in Minnesota, in a house that was gutted and rewired within the past 5 years. There's a big closet I'm converting into a reading room. It doesn't have a wall outlet, but does have a light switch. I was hoping I could replace the light switch with a switch/outlet combination.
The existing switch has two hot black wires going to it. The box also contains a pigtail of white wires and a pigtail of grounding wires. (Pictures below)
Does this seem like a possibility? If so, how would I wire the switch/outlet combination?
The existing switch:
The switch/outlet combination:
Best Answer
The two wires from the old switch go on the two top screws, hot on left and switched hot on right.
Add pigtails to the black and white and ground bundles with the wire nuts.
Black goes on hot side (left bottom screw).
White goes on right bottom screw.
Bare copper goes to green screw.
If there is metal link between the two screws on the hot side, then you could leave off the pigtail on the top screw.