[wcpatton]

I have several outlets connected to a light switch. I'd like to remove a few from the loop and have them function like a normal outlet. Is this something as simple as removing a wire connection or is it more involved?

Thanks.

 

[jbfan]

That depends on how the receptacles and switch are wired.

Give us details on the wires in the receptacle boxes and switch box.

 

[jmans8666]

What you should do is open up the switch box and look at the wires. The wire going to the receptacle will be on one screw of the light switch find which one it is and cap it with the wire that provides power. Then you should be good for the receptacles always having power but the switch wouldn't control anything do you have a light?

 

[rjniles]

What you should do is open up the switch box and look at the wires. The wire going to the receptacle will be on one screw of the light switch find which one it is and cap it with the wire that provides power. Then you should be good for the receptacles always having power but the switch wouldn't control anything do you have a light?

This will make all of the switched receptacle hot, the OP wants to change a "few". All depends on how it is wired.

 

[jmans8666]

Oh I see I thought he wanted all of them hot

 

[rjniles]

To the OP, are both the top and bottom of the receptacle switched or just top or bottom?

 

[Jim Port]

What you should do is open up the switch box and look at the wires. The wire going to the receptacle will be on one screw of the light switch find which one it is and cap it with the wire that provides power. Then you should be good for the receptacles always having power but the switch wouldn't control anything do you have a light?

Depending on the room this affected it could also create a code violation by removing the switch cotrolled lighting outlet.

 

[wcpatton]

There's no light connected to the switch currently; I use a floor lamp. Ideally, I would have the lamp connected to an outlet connected to the switch. The other 3 or 4 outlets would be regular "always on" outlets.

What do you need to know about the switch\outlets?

 

[wcpatton]

To the OP, are both the top and bottom of the receptacle switched or just top or bottom?

Both are switched.

 

[mpoulton]

Both are switched.

That makes it much harder. Pull one of the outlets out and see what wires are in the box. Are there any wires in the box that are not connected to the outlet? Is there an unused red wire? If not, then the best you can do without a lot of extra work will be to bypass the switch to make them all unswitched.

 

[joed]

We need to know the wires in all the switched receptacles.

 

[jmans8666]

You're going to have to pull new 3 wire from the switch to the receptacle