5 Wires In Outlet

The only difference is that depending on where the receptacle is located in the wiring scheme of your house it may have more wires attached to it than you find attached to a light switch.

5 wires in outlet. This outlet has 8 quickwire holes. However if any of the wires are nicked or damaged they should be cut back and redone. I have the rest of the pairs connect to the line side and they all get power. Wiring a switch in series because the purpose of a switch is to interrupt the hot leg of the circuit when it s off it has to be wired in series and for this reason it has only brass terminals and a ground.

Discussion starter 1 sep 12 2010 edited i. Use a screwdriver to secure the outlet in place so it doesn t come free. Push the outlet in front of the wires so the screw holes on the outlet line up with the ones along the sides of the box. The tester will sound an audible alarm and turn on an indicator light if electricity is present in the outlet box.

I believe this outlet is feeding an outside light that is on the other side of the wall switch is above the outlet. Don t make the mistake of just lining up the wires and twisting on a wire nut. Im connecting with a gfi. I have a 5 pair of wires in an outlet box.

If an outlet commonly called a receptacle no longer holds a plug snugly it should be replaced the procedure for replacing a duplex two outlet wall receptacle is similar to that of replacing a switch. Hold a noncontact electrical tester near the black wires inside the outlet box. The red wire switched hot wire going to the outlet wires into the other side of the switch and the white wires neutral tie together to complete the return side of the circuit. Jump to latest follow 1 5 of 5 posts.

Since this box has two ground wires and the outlet has only one ground terminal we need to splice the ground wires along with a pigtail. That splice is sure to fail. Joined aug 30 2010 4 posts. It sounds like from what i read that this outlet service another one down the line somewhere.

I am trying to replace an old ugly electrical outlet. Screw a wall plate over the outlet to hide the inside of the outlet box and wires. Replacing outlet with 5 wires. They all have 4.

I have the hot pair connected to the line side if the gfi. To a separate outlet in a different room to a light fixture and the last two feed a light fan unit. Replacing outlet with 5 wires. I can t find any new outlets that have 8 holes.

The old outlet has two white wires and 2 black wires. The new one only has one of each. One of the most common wiring configurations your going to find with outlets are shown in the diagram below.