If your outdoor box cover has the doors that must stay open to access electricity, there is an easy fix: You can buy a weatherproof box cover that is made for use during rain or when your sprinkler ...

Weatherproof box cover will protect outdoor outlet Q: I have a light set in my backyard that is plugged into an electrical outlet that has two silver flaps to cover the plugs.

Step 1: Install a box for the new electrical switch and run a red, a white, a green and a black 12- or 14-gauge wire from the existing outlet to the new switch box. Strip the ends of the new wires ...