Light switch wiring is a task that most DIYers can take on themselves without calling an electrician. Follow these steps to wire your switches safely.

Stop walking across a dark room to turn on the light. Install a 3-way switch and control lights from two locations.

Next, refer to the switch-wiring photo you took earlier to connect the existing wires to the new switch. Here’s how a single-pole switch is typically wired: The electrical box usually has two ...

Below, Donnelly tells AD how to wire a light switch with this simple step-by-step process for a single-pole light switch without zapping yourself along the way.

In the box holding the light fixture, attach the black "hot" wire from the power source to the white neutral wire of the switch loop (the one "tagged" with black electrical tape) with a correctly ...