How To Add A Pull Chain To A Wall Light

Pull chain switches normally wear out long before the light fixture.

How to add a pull chain to a wall light.

Tuck the wires up into the junction box and position the two mounting holes in the pull chain fixture over the mounting holes in the junction box. If you read in bed before going to sleep and don t want to keep getting up to turn a light on the ceiling on and off it is easy to add a pull chain to the fixture. Take the other end of the copper wire you added and attach it to the ground screw. Install an easy to find light switch to operate the ceiling light for years of reliable service.

Generally wall switches are on the right hand side a few feet metres past the door opening. The biggest challenge is planning the cable route and running it from the fixture to the new wall switch position. Purchase a wireless switch kit here new lower. A pull chain light fixture is easy to install and it is a great option for rooms that don t require a dedicated light switch such as closets and basements.

Insert the two mounting screws that came with the pull chain fixture through the mounting holes and tighten with a screwdriver to secure the fixture to the junction box. Doing so requires you to remove the fixture drill a hole to screw on a pull switch and wire the black wires through the switch. Screw a wire nut on all three wires. Connect the two white wires together with a wire nut.

What i want to do is i have bought a mini pull switch 2a from tlc and drill a small hole to fix it to the light fitting base i. Adding a wall switch to a ceiling fixture can be done in a matter of hours. Line up the ground wires together and add a small section of copper wire to the group. I have bought some wall lights that dont have a internal pull cord on them as the lights are currently wired from the ceiling rose with a live feed coming in.

Directions on how to upgrade your old pull chain light to a new fixture using the illumra wireless switch kit.