Adding a switch to Knob & Tube

04-07-2009, 07:56 PM	#1
john burwell Newbie   Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1	Adding a switch to Knob & Tube I want to hang a chandelier to existing knob and tube wiring but there isn't a switch to the electrical source. is there a way to add a pull switch to knob and tube wired to a new chandelier?

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04-07-2009, 08:22 PM	#2
rgsgww Member   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,543	Adding a switch to Knob & Tube Your local jurisdiction may have the answer to whether or not you can extend or "modify" a knob and tube circuit. Is the knob and tube insulation brittle? Does it crack? *Oh, pull switch. Never mind, its simple.

04-07-2009, 08:22 PM	#3
dSilanskas Member     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cape Cod, Massachusetts Posts: 474	Adding a switch to Knob & Tube If you can find a place on the light to put the pull chain its simple. Splice the neutrals together and the power splices to one black on the pull chain and the black from the light splices with the other black on the pull chain.

04-07-2009, 08:24 PM	#4
dSilanskas Member     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cape Cod, Massachusetts Posts: 474	Adding a switch to Knob & Tube Quote: Originally Posted by rgsgww Your local jurisdiction may have the answer to whether or not you can extend or "modify" a knob and tube circuit. Is the knob and tube insulation brittle? Does it crack? I believe he is modifying the light itself not the K&T

04-07-2009, 08:24 PM	#5
rgsgww Member   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,543	Adding a switch to Knob & Tube Quote: Originally Posted by dSilanskas I believe he is modifying the light itself not the K&T I just realized that, edited

04-07-2009, 08:31 PM	#6
unclduey Member   Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Washington State Posts: 77	Adding a switch to Knob & Tube Quote: Originally Posted by john burwell I want to hang a chandelier to existing knob and tube wiring but there isn't a switch to the electrical source. is there a way to add a pull switch to knob and tube wired to a new chandelier? Does the new light fixture have 90 degree wiring? Better check, UL listing on the light fixture may say only connect to 90 degree rated wiring....just putting it out there...never done it myself...

04-07-2009, 10:30 PM	#7
joed Member     Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Welland, Ontario Posts: 6,029	Adding a switch to Knob & Tube Chandelier will probably not require 90ºC wiring. The bulbs are not tight to the ceiling where they will create a lot of heat. Be sure to check the install instructions to be sure.