Electricity is an incredible thing. Most of us can’t fathom what life would be like without the miracle of electric power. Sometimes, though, you just want a quick and easy way to get that power shut off. On that hard-to-get-at floor lamp in the bedroom or reading nook, for example, or when your daughter’s stereo starts cranking out the fourth hour of its Justin Bieber tribute. I decided to wire a switched outlet (actually several switched outlets) after I recently installed some LED shop lights, and wanted to be able to control them all with the flip of a couple of switches, rather than using 25 pull chains. Read More