MY PORTFOLIO

Things You'll Need:

`Electrician's screwdrivers
`Diagonal pliers/wire cutters
`Wire strippers
`Lineman's pliers/electrician's pliers
`Needle nose pliers
`AWG#14 solid, bare copper wire
`SPST (Single-Pole Single Throw) toggle switch
`Yellow wire nuts
`Black plastic electrical tape
`Switch cover plate
`Ceiling light fixture

Step 1
Turn the circuit breaker off and, if possible, lock the service panel close so no one can accidentally turn the breaker on while you are working on the circuit.

Step 2
Splice the two neutral conductors (white wires) together in the device box/switch box. Making a solid electrical splice takes practice. Begin by stripping ¾ inches of insulation from each conductor. Hold the stripped ends side-by-side and twist them tightly together in a clockwise direction using lineman's pliers/electrician's pliers. Then screw a wire nut over the splice. Inspect the splice to make sure that no bare copper shows outside of the wire nut. Remove the wire nut and trim the splice back if there's any bare copper showing. Once you are satisfied with the splice, secure the wire nut to the wire by wrapping a couple of turns of electrical tape around them.

Step 3
Make a three-way pigtail splice with the other two bare grounding conductors in the box using a 6-inch length of bare copper conductor. Make this splice just as you did the neutral conductor splice, except in this case you aren't concerned about bare wire showing and you don't need to tape the finished splice.

Step 4
Strip ¾ inches of insulation from the end of the two black wires in the device box and form a loop in the ends of the stripped conductors using needle nose pliers. Form a loop in the end of the bare pigtail.

Step 5
Connect the black wire from the service panel to the bottom brass-colored screw on the switch. Place the loop around the screw in a clockwise direction and tighten the screw securely without over-tightening. Connect the black wire carrying the power to the light fixture to the top brass screw in a like manner.

Step 6
Connect the bare grounding conductor to the green octagon-shaped screw on the switch. Once all the wires are attached to the switch terminals, wrap a couple of layers of electrical tape over them for an added degree of protection. Secure the switch in the box.

Step 7
Splice the white and black conductors to the white and black fixture wires at the lighting outlet box.

Step 8
Splice the fixture-grounding conductor to the system-grounding conductor and secure the fixture to the outlet box.

Step 9
Turn the circuit breaker on and switch on your new light.

“ I chose this project as it requires mentality work and before you connect the circuit, you should know first how to solve the series connection. While performing the task, accidentally, one of our classmates broke the lamp that causes him to buy another lamp. The project was quiet hard as it needs full concentration and determination. Through this, I could present it in my field someday.”