[Shop-talk] Wiring for a pilot light wall switch.

[Randall]

> I bought this switch...
> 
> >
> http://www.homedepot.com/p/Cooper-Wiring-Devices-Heavy-Duty-Gr
ade-15-Amp-Combination-Single-Pole-Toggle-Switch-and-Pilot-> Light-White-277W-BOX/203492444<
> 
> And I need to wire it up.  The direcitons say that it can not 
> be used as a 
> replacement switch for a standard '2 wire' wall switc

I'm confused.  Does it not have two terminals for the switch, and two for the light?  The description says it can be wired to
indicate either circuit on or circuit off.  To indicate circuit on, just connect one light terminal to the load circuit, and the
other to neutral.

If you don't have a neutral in the switch box, then you need to run one.  However, I won't tell anyone if you use the safety ground,
even though that would be a violation of code.  A neon bulb doesn't draw enough current to argue about (or even trip a GFCI).

-- Randall