Installing A Tough Switch In Attic

Wiring for an attic light and switch hi i am trying to install a wall switch in my attic.

Installing a tough switch in attic.

Loading ubiquiti community ubiquiti community. And use semi rigid wiring fish tape to pull your wiring down to your outlet location. Determine where you will be installing your pull chain light fixture. Attics often have electrical cabling running through them so an electrician or experienced diyer can easily tap into an existing circuit.

If you will need to fish wiring through a wall drill a hole through the wood plate in the attic only. Instead of adding just a light. I would like to add a second light and a wall switch for both lights. If possible you should run the electrical wire through the attic or basement.

Step 2 prepare the installation location. It is perfectly safe to install a switch in the attic. Step 3 run the wire. When cutting through drywall from the interior of a room use a utility knife and cut carefully you don t want to drill through a hidden wire or the paper.

What i was commenting on was the extension cord in the attic. Less than 30 i needed a light desperately so i could see while moving around in the attic. The reason i don t like extension cords is in my second comment. I demonstrate the light install process including installing a new rough in elect.

Wherever that extension cord is connected to power you could extend that circuit from there to the poe and then connect the poe. It currently has one pull string light that has power running in it and out to a wall socket. This is a video on how i installed an attic light in the house attic space. Install a hard wired light fixture.

Do not install your box yet.