Switch and socket connection diagram, detailed manual. How to power it, how to wire a socket from a light bulb? DIY light bulb socket

A simple adapter from a light bulb socket to a socket may be useful in places common use, where there are no stationary sockets for connecting electrical appliances, but only lamps with light bulbs. This could be your entrance, basement, etc.

What will you need for the adapter?

• LED or other light bulb in a plastic case.
• Wall socket with open installation.
• A piece of wire with a cross-section of 1-2 squares.

Making a socket-socket adapter

Electrical wiring of any room begins with a socket, switch and light bulb, be it an apartment, a country house

house, garage or basement. The ability to perform will be relevant always and everywhere, with
any repair, redevelopment and construction. In this article you will find detailed guide, which discusses this issue in detail. Following step by step instructions below you can easily do it yourself switch and socket connection diagram, learn it yourself and you can teach it to others. So, let's move from words to action. Let's look at the question from the very beginning to the end. Installation of any electrical diagram always starts with the junction box. Next, wires, socket boxes, and protection devices are installed electrical circuit, sockets, switches and lamps. Let's go in order.

We mount installation elements

For maximum clarity and clarity, we will analyze the full circuit installation cycle from start to finish. Thanks to this, we will give the most detailed answer to the question of how to connect an outlet with a switch. Let's take the diagram as an example hidden electrical wiring, what is usually located under a layer of plaster.

We install the distribution box.

We will install a switch in one, and a socket in the other.

Now let's mount the DIN rail, in our case it will act as part of the power cabinet; a circuit breaker will be installed on it, which performs the function of protecting the electrical circuit from short circuit and overloads, which have such a detrimental effect on all elements of the circuit.

The last detail that completes the first stage of installation is the lighting element. In our example, it will be a light bulb with a socket, clearly, simply and clearly. Therefore, we will move its installation to stage number two.

Laying the wires

First of all, let's connect the wire feeding the junction box. In our example, we use a wire of the VVGngP brand; a three-core wire with a cross-section of 2.5 squares is used as the supply. The cross section was selected using the calculation method based on the load on the chain; you can easily perform these calculations on your own. Here you will find detailed description Moreover, I assure you there is nothing complicated here.

On both sides it is necessary to leave a reserve of wire for connecting electrical wiring elements (breaker, socket, switch) of 10-12 centimeters, in the junction box 10-15 centimeters. Wires that are too short will be inconvenient to connect and connect, so it’s better not to save much.

Here you will need a wire with a core cross-section of 2.5 square.

1.5 square meters per switch.

Now, let’s lay the wire for the lighting; for us it’s a light bulb with a socket.

We have laid all the wires necessary to complete the circuit, let's move on to the third stage.

Installation and connection of electrical wiring elements

Let's start by installing the security device. For our circuit we use a two-pole circuit breaker rated at 25 Amps. The selection of the required amperage of the protection device is made after calculating the cross-section. We immediately decide on the color of the wire:

• blue, white with blue stripe - zero (neutral)
• yellow with green stripe - earth (grounding)
• the remaining wire will be the phase usually it can be black, white, brown, red, orange or white with a black or brown stripe

In our example there are two types phase colors the wires are white and white with a brown stripe.

In order not to get confused in the colors of the wires, it is best to use wire from one manufacturer.

Before further work a power outage will be required. Turn it off. We check the absence using a voltage indicator. How to do this is discussed in detail in the article. Filming outer layer wire insulation, measure required amount To connect, remove the required amount of the second insulating layer from the copper core and connect the wires to the circuit breaker. Read more about connection in the article.

Now we connect the outlet. We strip the wires and measure required quantity, insert the wires into the contact clamps, tighten the screws, and check the reliability of the fixation. You can read more in the article about connection in the article.

We install the socket mechanism in the socket box.

Next, we connect a single-key switch. We prepare the wires, remove the outer insulating layer, measure out the required amount and connect the stripped wires to the contact clamps. We isolate the unused ground wire.

A connection example is discussed in detail in the article.

We install the mechanism in the socket box (mounting cup).

More details about connection and installation various elements electrical wiring (sockets, one and two key switches lights, illuminated switches and more)

We connect the cartridge. We remove the insulation from the wire, measure out the required amount of phase and neutral conductors for connection, strip it and connect. We tighten the contact screws well with a screwdriver, and make sure that they are securely fixed by shaking the wire from left to right.

All elements of the circuit are installed and connected, let's move on to the next stage.

Connection diagram of a switch and socket, connection of wire cores in a junction box

It remains to complete the last final and most critical stage of the scheme. Let's get started.

To make the connection of wires simple and clear, let's start with a switch and a lamp (in our case, a socket and a light bulb). We prepare the wires and remove the outer layer of insulation.

In our example, a three-core wire is used; the choice is determined by its functionality, since if necessary, the circuit can be remade without any problems. For example, a single-key switch can be converted into a two-key switch, or, on the ceiling there was a simple lamp with one light bulb, but it became a chandelier (some chandeliers use a system of partial switching on of lamps, for example there are 10 of them, one key will switch on 6, the second 4, and both, respectively, all). You can also use the third wire as grounding for the housing of a lamp or chandelier, for example in rooms with high humidity. Therefore, we isolate the extra yellow-green core, which we will not use now, and put it in the distribution box so that it does not interfere.

Now we strip 3.5-4 centimeters of copper cores of all remaining wires.

Next, we connect two wires to each other, the blue wire from the wire coming from the switch (outgoing phase) and the white phase wire from the wire going to the light bulb. The connection is made by twisting the wires together.

Now, remove the insulation from all other wires.

For subsequent connection, we strip the insulation of all 6 cores, 3.5-4 centimeters each.

Two yellow with a green stripe.

And three phase ones, one white and two white with a brown stripe.

The scheme is almost complete. Now you need to check that it is being done correctly. Screw the light bulb into the socket.

We separate the strands in the distribution box so that they do not touch each other and apply voltage to the circuit breaker for our circuit. Turn on the machine, move the lever to the up position.

We press the switch key, the light comes on.

The socket can be checked using any electrical appliance; we insert its plug into the socket and check its functionality.

Everything is fine, everything works.

Now turn off the electricity and use insulation tape isolate the twists.

Carefully place them in the distribution box.

The scheme is completed.

Switch and socket connection diagram

By installing the circuit ourselves, we saved:

• time to search and money to call an electrician - 200 rubles
• installation and connection of a two-pole circuit breaker - 300 rubles
• installation of a grounding contact - 150 rubles
• installation, grouting of the internal distribution box - 550 rubles
• assembly of the distribution box, twisting method - 300 rubles
• installation of a lamp, chandelier with connection (450 rubles for 1 lamp, chandelier from 800 rubles) - average price 600 rubles
• installation of a socket box ( Brick wall 200 rubles - 1 piece), we have 2 pieces - 400 rubles
• socket installation hidden installation(1 piece for 200 rubles), we have 2 pieces - 400 rubles
• installation single-key switch- 150 rubles
• installation of wires openly along the wall up to 2 meters (35 rubles - 1 meter), for example 4 meters - 140 rubles
• installation of wire open wall, ceiling, over 2 meters (50 rubles -1 meter), for example 15 meters - 750 rubles

The lack of an outlet nearby is not the most pressing issue in modern life, but such issues also have to be addressed. There are many premises and places of economic purpose where there are no power sockets. Electricity is provided, light bulbs are in sockets, there are switches on the walls, but sockets are not installed. In the vast majority of cases, this is a correct and justified decision. However, from time to time in these places the need for sockets arises. The most common case is renovation work. An appropriately modified faulty safety plug will help solve the problem - an automatic device used in the wiring of an in-house electric meter. It is possible to make a kind of adapter from it.

However, for such a thing you can buy new plug, will come in handy more than once and the costs will be justified handsomely. Only one screw is unscrewed from the machine's plug body, and it is divided into two halves.

Always before starting renovation work in a room to move the switching points of lamps, it is necessary to think in advance about their installation locations. Work on the installation of switches and sockets must be accompanied by compliance with the rules safe work. If the room has been in use, it must be de-energized and the wiring must be installed according to the approved diagram.

The solution to many issues in the room being renovated is to connect the switching device (switch) of a chandelier or other electrical device from the socket. During the repair process, this method will help save on wires and the time required to complete the work; there is no need to make additional grooves.

Installation features

When carrying out repair work indoors to install additional lighting in order to save labor load (no need to groove the walls), you need to know that for laying wires there are diagrams for switching on the lighting device, which answer the question of how to connect a switch from an outlet, but also in In this case, all work has its own subtleties.

During the repair process, two-wire or three-wire cables are used. electric wires, in which one conductor carries a phase, the other carries zero; if there are three conductors, then the third also carries grounding.

What material and tools are needed to carry out the work?

To carry out work on installing additional lighting in the room, you must have the following tools and consumables:

• a device with which you can de-energize an electrical circuit;
• electrical wiring of the same cross-section and design (aluminum or copper conductor), which is installed throughout the entire room, house or apartment;
• distribution boxes in which we make connections;
• a screwdriver with an indicator that shows the presence or absence of a phase;
• pliers and side cutters with which the connection will be made;
• electrical tape to cover the surface of the twists;
• fasteners and material for performing work on wooden surface(corrugation or metal strip);
• for installation of switches - socket boxes;
• If you need to make a groove, you will need a hammer drill.

Set of tools

In addition to preparing the tools and material needed for the work, you must first draw a diagram of the electrical connection of the switch and decide on the place where it will stand, as well as calculate the cross-section of the cores for the additional load.

How to choose electrical wires?

1. You need to know how powerful the lamp connected via the switch will be. Using the formula: power = current × voltage, you can find the value rated current, V single-phase network The voltage is considered to be 220 volts.
2. Knowing the value of the rated current, you can select a wire from the table the required section.

How to choose the right switch?

In order to choose the right switch, you need to understand that its design includes a pantograph and an electrical circuit breaker. Industry offers the following types such devices:

All switching devices have the same principle for connecting electrical conductors, but may have various fastenings contacts with them, some products require special tool or a Phillips screwdriver.

Scheme for connecting a circuit breaker device through a socket

In order to connect a switch using a socket, use standard scheme inclusions. Important! There is always a break in the phase conductor in the breaker, and the zero goes directly to the light source:

1. A distribution box is installed into which wires are fed from the existing outlet (the room must first be de-energized), wires going to the switch, and a wire from the lamp.
2. We connect one core from the source of electricity consumption to zero, the phase must be connected to the switch; if it goes through the junction box, then it is connected to the core from the switch.

In the presented circuit, phase the wire goes from the light bulb directly to the breaker, when it is in the “on” position, electricity is consumed, when in the “off” position, the load does not receive electricity.

How to choose the wire cross-section?

Often the electrical connection of a source of energy consumption, for example, a sconce from an outlet, occurs to install additional lighting, in our case it can be one or more sconces, for this reason the current is low and it is possible to select wires of the desired cross-section, but there are nuances:

• according to safety requirements and PUE, for these purposes it is impossible to use a wire with a copper conductor cross-section of less than one square millimeter;
• and a wire with an aluminum core of at least two and a half square millimeters.

When choosing a wire, you need to take into account how it is laid, so there are certain conditions for open laying:

• for a copper wire, the minimum cross-section is 1.5 square millimeters;
• The minimum value of an aluminum core is 4.0 square millimeters.

To lay the wire along external wall home or building has the following requirements:

• for wires with copper wires– 2.5 square millimeters;
• for aluminum wire cores - 4.0 square millimeters.

How to independently connect a light source from a switch?

One of simple ways, according to experts, is to connect the sconce to the circuit through a switch powered from an outlet using neutral and phase wires; this is especially beneficial to do when the lamp is located close to the switch.

To complete this work you need to do the following:

1. Conduct installation work to install the light source and switch, then carry out the steps to connect them.
2. From the socket from which we will connect our voltage breaker, we remove the voltage using a machine in the panel (usually the wiring is carried out according to consumption groups), and check with a “probe” for the absence of a phase.

1. Open the socket; if the connection work has been completed copper wire with a color difference, then:

• zero – blue wire;
• grounding – second wire with double color (yellow-green);
• phase is the third wire, it may be brown.

If there is no color difference and the connection is successful aluminum wire, you need to briefly apply voltage to the socket and use a “probe” to determine the phase of the electrically conductive wire.

1. We connect the wire from the switch to the socket phase (to its input), which is already connected to the breaker, and to the output from the switch.
2. When you don't know how, the solution is the same, but from the output of the electrical circuit interrupter device, each phase wire goes to its own light source, or for a chandelier to its own electricity consumption bulbs.
3. We connect to the neutral core of the socket neutral wire switch to the light bulb, if the socket has a grounding wire, connect it to the grounding wire from the lighting source.
4. After this, the wiring is laid and all connections are insulated, as well as the assembled circuit is tested.

How to connect a socket-switch, which is assembled in a single housing?

When there is an outlet in the bedroom or in another area of ​​the room, and you want to install a sconce or floor lamp, you can use a socket-switch device, which is assembled in a single housing, this is done as follows:

• the socket has a standard connection, phase and zero; in new buildings, euro sockets are connected with a grounding wire;
• the phase is supplied to the input of the breaker (switch), and from its output the wire goes to the lamp;
• The other two wires (the neutral wire and the ground wire) are connected directly to the lamp.

It is necessary to understand that you cannot make the reverse connection, in other words, connect the socket from the switch; it can only receive electricity from the circuit breaker in the switchboard of the house or apartment.

Conclusion

All circuit breaker (switch) connection diagrams do not have complex solution, but rules must be followed electrical safety. Experts recommend planning and carrying out all work in stages; after completing the installation work, you can check the correctness of the assembled circuit, then apply voltage and check the circuit in operation.

Is it possible to wire a socket from a switch and a switch from a socket, how is this easier to implement and what should you pay attention to?

It is these questions that we will try to answer in our article. After all, many of you have probably encountered the problem of having to install a new electrical point, and to do this completely renovating a room is not always advisable, and it is not necessary. The main thing is to approach the matter wisely and set priorities correctly.

Before considering the issues of making changes to the existing network, let's understand how it works. After all, from understanding this issue Your ability to make changes to it directly depends.

Main diagram of the apartment electrical network

First of all, let's determine how the wiring diagram for an apartment or house is made. Start this scheme takes in the introductory panel.

• So, let's start with the introductory panel. It can be located in the entrance or directly in the apartment. In it you will find an input circuit breaker, which receives a power cable from the general house electrical network. Sometimes instead of a machine there are batch switches or even circuit breakers, but this is mainly in old houses.
• From the input machine the wires go to the meter, and from it to circuit breakers groups. Usually there are two or more of these groups. This amount directly depends on the possible loads in your apartment.
• Group machines share electrical network your apartment or house into several unrelated groups. Groups can be formed according to the nature of the loads or the ease of installation. This is not a fundamental question. The only thing that the instructions prescribe is the division into different groups electrical appliances in the bathroom and kitchen with electrical appliances in living rooms.
• From group circuit breakers, wires go to one, two or more distribution boxes. They are directly connected to a group network of sockets and switches. This concentration of connections in one place makes it possible to simplify maintenance as much as possible and hide utility networks.

Connecting switches and sockets

In order to determine whether it is possible to connect an outlet from a switch, let's look at the features of their connection to the group supply wire. After all, starting from this, we can clearly imagine our future scheme.

• To connect the socket in accordance with clause 7.1.13 of the PUE, three wires are required. One of them is phase, the second is neutral and the third is protective grounding. These wires according to clause 1.1.30 of the PUE must be marked blue neutral wire, yellow-green protective grounding wire and any other color phase wire.
• The phase and neutral wires from the supply group wire in the distribution box are connected to the power contacts of the socket. Protective grounding to grounding contacts.

• Connecting the switch is even easier to do yourself. After all, this requires only two wires. Moreover, both of them will be phase. The first wire is connected to the phase conductor of the group line and to the switch input.
• The second wire from the switch output goes to the junction box, where it is connected to phase wire lamp The zero of the lamp is connected bypassing the switch, directly in the distribution box to the supply wire.

Changing the purpose of an electrical point and connecting one to another

Now you can consider the issues of replacing a switch with a socket or a socket with a switch, how to route a socket from the switch and vice versa. After all, we know the basics of connecting electrical points and their features.

Let's start with the simplest operation of replacing an outlet with a switch. In order not to be scattered here and in subsequent recommendations, we will provide only the necessary switches, without focusing on the processes of dismantling and installing new equipment.

In addition, we remind you that all connections in the sockets of sockets, switches and distribution boxes should be performed only after removing the voltage from this group, as well as from the wires of adjacent groups that may be accidentally touched. The cost of negligence can be very high.

• So, after dismantling the socket, you are left with three wires. One of them is phase, the second is neutral and the third is grounding. You already know how to identify them by color. But better check if it's correct coloration using a voltage indicator as demonstrated in the video.