Adding an overhead light
Help!!
I just moved into a brand new home. We turned our living room into a pool room and have a pool table in the center of the room. There is one switch on the wall that is connected to a plug on the other side so you can plug in a light and control it from the switch.
I want to install a light over the pool table and have it controlled by the switch.
How do I do that????
Wire from switch to outlet is four wire, red/black/white/ and green (ground). Wanted to pull this wire back and run it to the new light in the ceiling, but when I disconnect it from the outlet it leaves no power there.
Three wire run leaving the outlet is black/white/and green. Obviously to me the four wire coming over from the switch is feeding the outlet and the three wire from the outlet is feeding another outlet. My thoughts are to intersect the four wire in the attic with a junction box and run a two wire out of the box from the white and the red, therefore eliminating the red from the outlet in the wall all together. That will keep my outlet hot and bring my switch hot on the red to my light in the ceiling along with the white, which is common. Are these thoughts correct? Or am I totally wrong???
It is usually possible to do this either by running the new cable from the ceiling to either the switch or to the receptacle. So you might give some thought as to which would be easier. Normally it is easier to run new cables in interior walls without insulation. Sometimes the attic configuration also dictates which would be easier.
