wiring receptacle form light switch

olazu

Hello,
have a problem and questions. Need to add a new receptacle but the only line available to tap from is a switch light with just three wires black, white and ground. How can I do this? I dont want the switch to control the receptacle. Thank you

Scuba_Dave

If there are only 3 wires it is a hot switch loop & you can't pull power for an outlet
You don't have a neutral, just a hot & ground

olazu

Thank you for your information
I was also trying to tap it from junction box that had a red and white pigtailed and two blacks pigtailed. I connected the white to the white and red and the black to the other blacks ones, but when I plugged the tv it looked like there wasn't enough power coming from the receptacle since the tv turn on but it was like coming and going

Magnettica

Red and white pigtailed? Hmmm. I'm a pro and I don't see that very often.

I would suggest plugging in a lamp first before testing your handy work using a television.

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Scuba_Dave

Yeah..someone else used a TV as a test & they were off to buy a new TV after it was fried by improper wiring

Red is usually hot, not tied to neutral
Or its for connecting smokes together - signal wire
I'd verify what's wired where & how before you do anything
That takes eyes on the issue, looking in the panel & other outlest/switches to see what the heck they did
Any 3 way switches ?

olazu

the connection was made to add a bathroom fan. we had a light switch with a receptacle combo/he added another switch to control the fan

kegkiller

was it connected to a GFI?

olazu

No it wasn't

Saturday Cowboy

Im guessing we are looking at another switch leg here, not a neutral.


And so it goes, R