Change Switched Outlet To Ceiling Light

Convert that switched plug to a new ceiling light.

Change switched outlet to ceiling light. This setup is how our master bedroom was wired before i installed an overhead ceiling fan. With the outlet in place use the two included screws to affix the outlet to the junction box. Using a switched outlet for a light fixture the wiring for the ceiling light fixture must be routed to the junction box where the neutral wire is located for the connection for the light fixture.

A white wire may be used to feed the hot connection to the switch but not to. The switched wiring that controls the outlet will need to be identified and rewired to control the light fixture. Learn how to convert a switched plug to a new switched ceiling light with our do it yourself articles.

At the switch remove the red wire from the switch and cap it. Next mount the faceplate over the outlet and secure it with the small flathead screw. Wiring an outlet to a switch loop.

Your new cable to the ceiling light connect the black wire to the switch where you removed the red wire. The wire feeding the actual fixture must not be white and must not be a white that has been re marked as hot. The hot source wire is removed from the receptacle and spliced to the red wire running to the switch.

As promised i detail below how to modify this wiring setup with minimal effort so that the switch can instead control an overhead fixture. Last week i described how an outlet should be wired for switch control when the voltage enters the circuit at the outlet. This wiring diagram illustrates adding wiring for a light switch to control an existing wall outlet.

How to wire a ceiling fan with a remote to a wall switch converting a ceiling light to a receptacle is a convenient and inexpensive way to provide an outlet for ceiling mounted devices. The best solution for this situation would be to convert the wiring at the outlet that is controlled by the wall switch so that the 2 wire cable that is installed between the switch and the outlet will no longer be used for the switching process but rather become a branch or extension of the wall outlet circuit so that there will be a hot neutral and a ground wire available at the switch box that can then be used for the ceiling fan.