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Default can I change single switch to combo switch

On Nov 4, 2:34*pm, Boothbay wrote:
On Nov 4, 9:34*am, jamesgangnc wrote:

On Nov 4, 9:28*am, Boothbay wrote:


Ny combo switch, i am referring to one that has a switch on top of an
outlet or vica versa, with the same wires ( 2 ) that are there now?


When you say two wires do you mean two wire cables, each with a black,
white, and bare wire? *Or do you mean that one cable comes in and it
only has a black and white wire in it. *If the first then you may be
able to add an outlet, if the second then no, you can't.


2 seperate wires or at leas they look seperate as barely i can
see...one is black and the other is white. Its an old connection so i
do not see a bare wire for ground. How about a jumper? would that work?


Then, no you can not add an outlet.

To add an outlet you would have to have two white and two black in the
box. The whites would be connected together and the blacks would both
go to the switch.