In this section, we will talk about how to wire a light switch. When we make the switch close, it’s then contacted with the hot wire delivering the power to the load and then from the standard wire to the power source. What happens is there is always a space between the hot wire and the switch. But when you push the button to OFF the light, it entirely breaks the circuit, and the passing of electricity is interrupted. When the current is passed through the switch to the load, that is, bulbs, ceiling lights, etc. The green wire, a ground wire, connects with the green screw in the switch or the electrical box.

The black or sometimes red wire, also known as the hot wire, goes into the brass screw.

The white is also known as the neutral wire, and this wire connects with the silver screw. The colors of the wires in a light switch One is on the position where the black aka hot wire connects the circuit, and the other is on the side where the power source black wire connects it. The switch contains two brass terminals screws. Inside a light switch, there is a spring that makes the button move up and down. The switch’s outside is usually made up of plastic. But the light switch was invented for home lights to turn then ON or OFF and they are wall-mounted switches.

You may see light switches in many devices like vehicles, home appliances, machines, etc. But as time flows, more advanced features have come with the switch like the dimmer switches that dim the light and ON/OFF it too, a time-dependent switch that works at a specified time, remotely controlled switch that you can control from a remote place. Usually, the switches only do ON or OFF the device that is connected with it. Switches are of different types and are used for different purposes. The light switch is an electrical component used to control and operate the lights, bulbs, the equipment connected with it, and any electrical outlet connected with it.

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