"JK" wrote in message
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Is it possible to wire a receptacle so that a switch turns both inputs on.
That is, I know how to wire it so one of the inputs it tied to the switch.
But is there a way to tie both of the inputs to the switch?
Both inputs? Do you mean that you want to switch both the hot and the
neutral?
Sure, use a double pole switch.

However, since I can't imagine why you would want to do this, I suspect you
might mean something else. Please clarify.


If you mean wire it so that the whole duplex receptical is controlled
by the switch, it's just a device like any other, hook it up like
any normal outlet-pair, and put a single-pole, single throw switch
on the hot that feeds it. Wiring it so that only HALF of it is the
complicated thing that requires breaking the tab and running one
always-hot and one switched feed.

If you mean wire it so that the nuetral and the hot are
both switched, you'd use a double-poll-single-throw switch,
and run both the hot and nuetral through it, but that's
a bad idea in most cases, and probably a code violation.

--Goedjn