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Add a light to switch from a different circuit
I think here your concern is that you don't want change the performance of the circuit to which you add the light.
so you have to use a relay or a solid state relay to the circuit and a separate power supply to the light in compliance with all the safety rules.
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∙ 11y agoYour question implies that you want to wire a new branch circuit controlled by a switch using the existing light fixture. DON'T DO IT! It is a code violation.
The existing light has a switch already. you cannot control another light with another switch when the first light is OFF.
There are safety reasons for not doing this. If you wire the new light from the hot side of the existing light, you can be shocked even if the new switch is OFF.
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∙ 12y agoconnect black to black wire, connect white to white, and green wire to bracket that came with light,and to bare copper wire that should already be in light junction box.
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