Light Switch Wire Size

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Light switch wire size.

Then use your wire strippers and strip away about 5 8 of an inch of the insulation from the wire. A standard 12 gauge copper wire has a diameter of 2 05 mm while the diameter of 14 gauge copper wire is only 1 63 mm. How to wire a gfci and outlet to a light switch. If you re wiring a circuit on which there are both lights and outlets or you just aren t sure which wire gauge to use you can t go wrong by choosing a 12 gauge wire.

This circuit is wired with a 2 wire cable running from the light to the switch location. The wire strippers should have a spot marked for each gauge wire. It will either be 12 or 14 gauge wire. When the electrical source originates at a light fixture and is controlled from a remote location a switch loop is used.

Questions about wiring switches. A dimmer switch is wired the same way as a single pole switch. Just click the wiring diagrams.