Things You'll Need:
- Wires strippers
- Needle-nose pliers
- Phillips head screwdriver
-
Step 1
Turn off the power to the switch at the breaker box.
-
Step 2
Locate the two terminal screws that are on the toggle switch (one a silver color and one brass color) and the two electrical wires coming from the breaker box (one white and one black).
-
Step 3
Strip off about 1/4 inch of the sheathing on each of the wires.
-
Step 4
Use a pair of needle-nose pliers to bend the stripped end of each of the wires into a loop.
-
Step 5
Loop the end of the black wire over the screw on the brass-colored terminal, with the sheathing-to-loop running in the same direction as the threads, not against the direction of the threads. Loop the white wire over the screw on the silver terminal in the same way. Don't worry if you cannot determine the colors with certainty, you can always switch the wires and terminals in the opposite manner and the switch will still work, but in the opposite direction.
-
Step 6
Tighten down the screws on the terminals with a Phillips head screwdriver, and you have successfully wired a toggle switch.
