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How much does it cost to install or replace a new outlet or light switch?
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∙ 6y ago
The going rate in southern CA is between $15-25 per outlet or switch (including fixture). Dimmers and other custom switches can go for $25-40 per (depending on cost of fixture). Usually 1-5 receptacles gets you the $25 range and the more you do the lower the price.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 6y agoA new outlet or switch can cost a dollar or less (especially if you buy in quantity. Fancy units can cost 20 or 30 dollars or more. A simple switch or outlet direct replacement is simple, if you know how, if safety precautions are followed, and can be done by anyone. You should check your local electrical/building codes to make sure you are allowed to do it yourself. A qualified electrician or handyman should be able to do it in five minutes, maybe charge between 30 and 75 dollars or more, mostly for coming out to your home and knowing how to do it.
Installing a new switch or outlet probably requires wiring installation inside walls. If you can't or are not allowed to do it yourself you should get estimates from qualified handymen or electricians. I may depend on the wiring distance, what kind of walls you have, drilling through studs, if you need to go through ceilings, patching any holes made in walls or ceiling, etc. it can be a few hundred dollars.
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Could be a loose connection somewhere, or a bad switch, or a bad outlet.
How do you rewire an outlet to work independently and not by a light switch?
Most switched outlets have one half that's hot all the time. If that's the case it will be as easy as changeing the outlet. In the center of each side of the outlet there is a small piece of copper connecting the two screws. Look and see if the copper piece is broken on the hot side, if it is then replace the outlet using the constant hot. Cap off the unused wire from the switch. If both sides of the outlet are switched then you can remove the two wires from the switch and tie them together. then either replace the switch and have a dummy or put on a blank cover. You should be all set.
How do you wire one light and one GFCI and another light light and fan with two switches and one power line?
Connect the incoming power to the line side of the GFCi outlet. Now run another wire connected to the line side of the GFCI outlet from the GFCI outlet to the switches. Power one of the switches and use that switch to turn on the 2 lights. Run power from that switch to another switch and use that switch to send power to the fan. Mount both switches in a double pole switch box. If the light above the sink has an outlet on it then you will have to connect power going to that light on the load side of the GFCI outlet. If not then just connect it to the line side.
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You need two separate switches. You can get two switches that are in the same form factor as a single switch (2 gang switch). You use one switch for the outlet and the other for the light. You switch the black wires which are "hot".
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An old/worn/faulty light switch, or the wires connected to the switch are loose. Replace the switch ASAP.
How do you know which outlet is controlled by a switch?
Plug a lamp into a working socket of an outlet to ensure the lamp works. Then turn off the switch and plug lamp into all outlet sockets, top and bottom outlets until the lamp doesn't light. Then turn on the switch and the lamp should light. Often a switch in a bedroom is only connected to one socket in a duplex outlet. It is possible to remove a jumper in an outlet to isolate the sockets for just this purpose. Often an electrician will install the outlet upside down (The third prong pointing up, to identify the outlet.
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No.
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Could be a loose connection somewhere, or a bad switch, or a bad outlet.
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Most switched outlets have one half that's hot all the time. If that's the case it will be as easy as changeing the outlet. In the center of each side of the outlet there is a small piece of copper connecting the two screws. Look and see if the copper piece is broken on the hot side, if it is then replace the outlet using the constant hot. Cap off the unused wire from the switch. If both sides of the outlet are switched then you can remove the two wires from the switch and tie them together. then either replace the switch and have a dummy or put on a blank cover. You should be all set.
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Change the wall outlets
