We are in the processing of completely rewiring a screened-in
freestanding outdoor pool house. We have 14/2 outdoor rated wire coming
into the structure. We'll have 2 runs of wire from the entry point into
the back of the building - one run to each side of the building. One
will go to a ceiling fan and a series of single gang receptacles, and
the other will go to a couple of single gang receptacles, and at the
end of that run, we want to put a double gang combination that includes
a combo switch receptacle and 2 more receptacles, followed by a double
gang receptacle to finish that half of the circuit. Here's a rough idea
of what it will look like:

|--------| |--------|
end | R R |_____| S R |______ -----power line
of | R R | | R R |
circuit |--------| |--------|
^
|
combo
switch
receptacle

We want the receptacles in the second-to-last box (the one on the right
above) to all be hot all the time, and the switch on the upper left to
control ALL the receptacles in the box on the left above - the box at
the end of the run.

While we have experience with straighforward wiring, we don't have any
experience with the combo switch receptacles, and we're not sure
exactly how we should wire this up. But since we're starting from
scratch, and the wall are all open, we can wire however we need - we
just haven't been able to find any information on exactly this type of
combination.

Can anyone assist, or point us to some references that would include
this kind of wiring diagram?

Thanks!

Please use "Fixed Font" (not Proportional Font) option to view the
diagram in my post above. Sorry about that - didn't realize that was a
choice!

NJLauri wrote:
We are in the processing of completely rewiring a screened-in
freestanding outdoor pool house. We have 14/2 outdoor rated wire coming
into the structure. We'll have 2 runs of wire from the entry point into
the back of the building - one run to each side of the building. One
will go to a ceiling fan and a series of single gang receptacles, and
the other will go to a couple of single gang receptacles, and at the
end of that run, we want to put a double gang combination that includes
a combo switch receptacle and 2 more receptacles, followed by a double
gang receptacle to finish that half of the circuit. Here's a rough idea
of what it will look like:

|--------| |--------|
end | R R |_____| S R |______ -----power line
of | R R | | R R |
circuit |--------| |--------|
^
|
combo
switch
receptacle

We want the receptacles in the second-to-last box (the one on the right
above) to all be hot all the time, and the switch on the upper left to
control ALL the receptacles in the box on the left above - the box at
the end of the run.

While we have experience with straighforward wiring, we don't have any
experience with the combo switch receptacles, and we're not sure
exactly how we should wire this up. But since we're starting from
scratch, and the wall are all open, we can wire however we need - we
just haven't been able to find any information on exactly this type of
combination.

Can anyone assist, or point us to some references that would include
this kind of wiring diagram?

Thanks!

NJLauri wrote:
We are in the processing of completely rewiring a screened-in
freestanding outdoor pool house. We have 14/2 outdoor rated wire coming
into the structure. We'll have 2 runs of wire from the entry point into
the back of the building - one run to each side of the building. One
will go to a ceiling fan and a series of single gang receptacles, and
the other will go to a couple of single gang receptacles, and at the
end of that run, we want to put a double gang combination that includes
a combo switch receptacle and 2 more receptacles, followed by a double
gang receptacle to finish that half of the circuit. Here's a rough idea
of what it will look like:

|--------| |--------|
end | R R |_____| S R |______ -----power line
of | R R | | R R |
circuit |--------| |--------|
^
|
combo
switch
receptacle

We want the receptacles in the second-to-last box (the one on the right
above) to all be hot all the time, and the switch on the upper left to
control ALL the receptacles in the box on the left above - the box at
the end of the run.

While we have experience with straighforward wiring, we don't have any
experience with the combo switch receptacles, and we're not sure
exactly how we should wire this up. But since we're starting from
scratch, and the wall are all open, we can wire however we need - we
just haven't been able to find any information on exactly this type of
combination.

Can anyone assist, or point us to some references that would include
this kind of wiring diagram?

Thanks!

In the next to last box connect all of your nuetrals (white) together
with the nuetral feeding the last box. The hot (black) feeding the
last box goes to one side of the switch (load side) and the hot from
the power line goes to the other side of the switch (line side) and the
outlets in the next to last box. All of the grounds get connected to
each other and the boxes if they are metal boxes.

Your combo-switch may only needs one hot connection from the power line
to power both the switch and receptacle. You will need to check this
out on the diagram that comes with the fixture.
See figure 1-25 on this page (last one):

http://www.free-ed.net/sweethaven/Bl...m=0103#fig1-25

Your last box would take the place of the light fixture in the diagram.

RayV wrote:
NJLauri wrote:
We are in the processing of completely rewiring a screened-in
freestanding outdoor pool house. We have 14/2 outdoor rated wire coming
into the structure. We'll have 2 runs of wire from the entry point into
the back of the building - one run to each side of the building. One
will go to a ceiling fan and a series of single gang receptacles, and
the other will go to a couple of single gang receptacles, and at the
end of that run, we want to put a double gang combination that includes
a combo switch receptacle and 2 more receptacles, followed by a double
gang receptacle to finish that half of the circuit. Here's a rough idea
of what it will look like:

|--------| |--------|
end | R R |_____| S R |______ -----power line
of | R R | | R R |
circuit |--------| |--------|
^
|
combo
switch
receptacle

We want the receptacles in the second-to-last box (the one on the right
above) to all be hot all the time, and the switch on the upper left to
control ALL the receptacles in the box on the left above - the box at
the end of the run.

While we have experience with straighforward wiring, we don't have any
experience with the combo switch receptacles, and we're not sure
exactly how we should wire this up. But since we're starting from
scratch, and the wall are all open, we can wire however we need - we
just haven't been able to find any information on exactly this type of
combination.

Can anyone assist, or point us to some references that would include
this kind of wiring diagram?

Thanks!

In the next to last box connect all of your nuetrals (white) together
with the nuetral feeding the last box. The hot (black) feeding the
last box goes to one side of the switch (load side) and the hot from
the power line goes to the other side of the switch (line side) and the
outlets in the next to last box. All of the grounds get connected to
each other and the boxes if they are metal boxes.

Your combo-switch may only needs one hot connection from the power line
to power both the switch and receptacle. You will need to check this
out on the diagram that comes with the fixture.
See figure 1-25 on this page (last one):

http://www.free-ed.net/sweethaven/Bl...m=0103#fig1-25

Your last box would take the place of the light fixture in the diagram.

Thanks very much for your help. We'll try it out!

NJLauri wrote:
We are in the processing of completely rewiring a screened-in
freestanding outdoor pool house. We have 14/2 outdoor rated wire coming
into the structure. We'll have 2 runs of wire from the entry point into
the back of the building - one run to each side of the building. One
will go to a ceiling fan and a series of single gang receptacles, and
the other will go to a couple of single gang receptacles, and at the
end of that run, we want to put a double gang combination that includes
a combo switch receptacle and 2 more receptacles, followed by a double
gang receptacle to finish that half of the circuit.

SNIP

I didn't see any reference to GFCI protection.

Has it been provided upstream of the pool house?

Jim

Hi Jim!

Thanks for your question. Our plan was to install a GFCI immediately
after the circuit enters the pool house, run the line from the GFCI
into a work box, and split it there to run to both sides of the pool
house. We figured that way the GFCI will protect the entire 15 amp
circuit.

Does that sound like a reasonable plan?

~Lauri

Speedy Jim wrote:
NJLauri wrote:
We are in the processing of completely rewiring a screened-in
freestanding outdoor pool house. We have 14/2 outdoor rated wire coming
into the structure. We'll have 2 runs of wire from the entry point into
the back of the building - one run to each side of the building. One
will go to a ceiling fan and a series of single gang receptacles, and
the other will go to a couple of single gang receptacles, and at the
end of that run, we want to put a double gang combination that includes
a combo switch receptacle and 2 more receptacles, followed by a double
gang receptacle to finish that half of the circuit.

SNIP

I didn't see any reference to GFCI protection.

Has it been provided upstream of the pool house?

Jim

NJLauri wrote:

Hi Jim!

Thanks for your question. Our plan was to install a GFCI immediately
after the circuit enters the pool house, run the line from the GFCI
into a work box, and split it there to run to both sides of the pool
house. We figured that way the GFCI will protect the entire 15 amp
circuit.

Does that sound like a reasonable plan?

~Lauri

Sounds like a plan :-)
Jim


Speedy Jim wrote:

NJLauri wrote:

We are in the processing of completely rewiring a screened-in
freestanding outdoor pool house. We have 14/2 outdoor rated wire coming
into the structure. We'll have 2 runs of wire from the entry point into
the back of the building - one run to each side of the building. One
will go to a ceiling fan and a series of single gang receptacles, and
the other will go to a couple of single gang receptacles, and at the
end of that run, we want to put a double gang combination that includes
a combo switch receptacle and 2 more receptacles, followed by a double
gang receptacle to finish that half of the circuit.

SNIP

I didn't see any reference to GFCI protection.

Has it been provided upstream of the pool house?

Jim