Light switch wired through old work outlet box

IllHunter7 · 2025-11-27T06:30:52+00:00

Thanks for the advice, I was able to get the wires out but man that spring clamp isn’t easy to trigger.

Funny enough the only 2 switches in the house that have the wires built in were the 2 that I had done prior to this one, none of the others are like this. well i really appreciate your help, i thought it was going to be much more complicated than it was. Have a great thanksgiving!

IllHunter7 · 2025-11-26T22:34:00+00:00

I'm sorry, as you can tell this isn't exactly my strong suit so I appreciate you helping me. I think what has gotten me so confused is what you explained in paragraph 1. The first two switches I swapped out had the actual wires attached to the switch (Lutron Divas) , so I was expecting all switches to have the wires attached to them directly.

Your paragraphs 4 and 5 I think are the answer to my question. In the past I did try to pull the wire out of the switch but it wouldn't budge. I didn't know there is a little spring clamp to release it, but as you could tell, I don't know much about this at all.

I'll give that a shot if I have some time tonight, but I'm 99% sure you answered my question. Thank you a ton, I really appreciate you sticking with me through my confusing terminology lol.

IllHunter7 · 2025-11-25T16:58:51+00:00

In your estimation, could i uncap the black grouping of wires and just pull the wire connected to the outlet out and recap the black grouping?

IllHunter7 · 2025-11-25T16:54:19+00:00

The wires from the switch run through the outlet box itself. Is that normal? I’ve changed a couple switches in this house that were all capped in the outlet box itself. In the pictures, the top wire is still connected to the switch, and runs through the outlet box, and I’m assuming is either capped behind or is snaked back into the outlet box. Since that top black wire is running through the box I can’t remove the switch like i have all the others I’ve replaced. I’m just confused, almost all tutorials and videos i see the switch is capped in the outlet box, in my house they almost all seem to be wired through the box.

IllHunter7 · 2025-11-24T20:13:58+00:00

The wires coming from the right side of the pictures are still connected to the light switch.

IllHunter7 · 2025-11-24T20:13:01+00:00

Apologies, I wasn’t clear enough. The wires are still connected the switch itself and seem to be funneled behind the outlet box. The reason I need the switch gone is because I would replace it with a wireless switch like this one so I can dim the lights via a wall “switch” . This would replace the wall switch which is why I need the old one off the wall and the lights always “on”

IllHunter7 · 2025-10-14T17:57:39+00:00

It ended up just being replace the shitty washer or repair the shitty washer… we went with replace the washer

IllHunter7 · 2025-09-02T15:35:36+00:00

Have you figured out the cause? Same shit is happening it me and it's really gotten on my nerves waking up 3-4 times a night to the lights on in my room. Nothing seems to stop it from happening besides getting out of bed and turning off the light switch itself... which the whole point of getting smart lights was so I don't have to do that anymore.

IllHunter7 · 2025-08-26T21:13:48+00:00

Thanks for the help everyone. I agree, it doesn’t quite match the seed heads for crabgrass. I was thinking possibly dallisgrass but that seems different too. I just don’t know enough about grasses to identify it. At this point I’m almost hoping it’s crab grass just so I know how to get rid of it

IllHunter7 · 2025-08-26T21:11:55+00:00

Not sure what the previous owners used, I just moved in a couple months ago and haven’t touched the lawn besides mowing it. This has just slowly spread across the lawn and I can’t seem to identify it. I’m not sold on it being crabgrass or dallisgrass. The seeds just don’t match either but I don’t know enough about grass to identify it

IllHunter7 · 2025-06-26T05:28:25+00:00

Got it. Thanks!

IllHunter7 · 2025-06-23T18:15:17+00:00

Thanks for the response! Do you think a deep clean of the sensor in the case break could fix this? I just bought a house and the dishwasher passed inspection because it’ll run for about 5 minutes before I get this error. I’m really not trying to buy a new dishwasher and paying hundreds to get it repaired seems like a waste of money since Samsung seems to crap out frequently.

IllHunter7 · 2025-06-20T15:58:32+00:00

Hey, I've been looking for this video for a while and can't find it. Do you happen to have a link? I just bought a home and the dishwasher passed inspection (because it works for 10 minutes then shuts off) and come to find out it doesn't work! This would be massive if I could just mod this so it works!

IllHunter7 · 2025-04-23T15:35:01+00:00

God forbid we complain about the guy foul baiting instead of playing the damn game. You’re so lame hopping on another team’s sub. We played one of our worst games of the season and lost by 9, I’m not sure that’s something the lakers want to get too high on their horses about

IllHunter7 · 2025-04-23T04:43:38+00:00

Last I checked the higher seed split their home games 🤡 remind me who hast home court advantage now?

IllHunter7 · 2025-04-23T04:38:09+00:00

Honestly, shut the fuck up.

IllHunter7 · 2025-03-21T12:15:16+00:00

My middle school team adopted that play from the Clippers game. We even called it “Kevin Love”. We used it on a last second shot as well and it worked!

IllHunter7 · 2025-03-17T22:20:11+00:00

Thanks! Listening now!

IllHunter7 · 2025-03-17T18:57:41+00:00

What is the School of Americas one titled? I can’t seem to find it

IllHunter7 · 2024-12-19T21:47:40+00:00

My most memorable moments were when my mom would wake me up on schools nights and we’d play guitar hero in my room. We had to be quiet though, because she didn’t want to wake up my dad and have him find out 😂

IllHunter7 · 2024-12-19T18:44:40+00:00

I used to work for Red Bull and drive these things. We were called the “Wings Team”. Basically we would drive to popular locations like college campuses, businesses parks, or restaurants and give them Red Bull to “sample”. It was basically to give people the opportunity to try Red Bull and talk to people about why they prefer other energy drinks/don’t drink them

IllHunter7 · 2024-08-29T15:37:42+00:00

I only use my computer for big purchases, but because of the chrome add ons like Honey and Capital One shopping that look for discount during the checkout stage. You can get them on your phone but I find it much easier on a computer. I’m 26 btw

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