6 Wires One Outlet

This would place it in the middle of a series.

6 wires one outlet. Disconnect the wires one by one from the receptacle by loosening the terminal screws using a screwdriver. Look inside the outlet box to identify the six wires. Now that you have one set of wire disconnected in the outlet with 6 wires there is no current going downstream. Thinking maybe the outlet is shot i went and replaced it with a new one.

However there is more than one way to control the outlet and swapping wires without understanding the functions of all the wires is not a good way to approach this and could be dangerous. In my case i m doing it so that i can have more power available on the. Gfi 6 wires to one outlet. Connecting an outlet with two sets of wires 6 wires total requires cutting a section of ground wire joining one end to the existing ground wires and the other end to the outlet s ground terminal as electrical code dictates that each terminal can only connect to one wire.

There are 2 other outlets in this room and 2 other rooms that must be on the same branch because the lights don t work in those rooms. The outlet addition methods we show here are based on the most common wiring 14 gauge wire on a 15 amp circuit and an 18 cu in. Big no no this outlet has 3 whites to it and 3 blacks to it with the proper grounds. Box typical inside dimensions are about 2 in.

The outlets on one circuit including light switch receptacle are jumped to each other. It worked for a bit and now there s nada. Video explaining how you can attach two separate circuits into one duplex receptacle. Look at the illustration you made and follow the same arrangement or connections.

Each outlet is independent of each others as they are wired to separate cables. In addition if you have 6 b w wires you presumably have 3 cables and if it s romex cable with ground each of those cables should have a bare copper ground wire connected to the green ground wire. There are two black wires one that provides electricity to the outlet and another that connects the outlet to another outlet along the. That is why i have been trying to explain to you that there is no problem with the breaker but there is a problem in one of the outlets downstream.

And now when i turn the breaker back on i get no voltage between any of the sets of wires. Keep in mind that series connection of outlet is against the nec code also it doesn t make sense as if one of the outlet wires cuts or one faulty outlet will make the whole circuit useless except gfci and afci receptacles.