Adding A Receptacle

A gfci outlet installation does not protect equipment from power surges.

Adding a receptacle. You can add a new outlet quickly and easily without tearing open a wall if you already have an electrical outlet in the other side of the wall. When an outlet receptacle falls in the middle of a circuit run rather than at the end there are generally two cables in the outlet box. Tape the breaker off so that no one else turns it back on while you re working. Plug adapters can be plugged into an outlet to increase the number of devices which can be plugged into an outlet but adding another outlet is a better solution.

Gently press the wires into the box and screw the outlet into the box. Please don t begin your work by getting a nasty shock turn off the power to the existing outlet you will be working with. An existing electrical outlet can feed power to another outlet. This involves cutting scrap pieces of the three colored wires and attaching one end to the outlet and the other to the two pieces of romex.

In this video i will show you how to wire up a gfi and make a receptacle gfi protected. This will save you money and it so. Eliminate those ugly and often dangerous extension cords. The procedure we show here allowed us to center.

How to wire a gfci and receptacle. One cable is the incoming power source entering the box from one side while a second cable exits the box to continue onward to downstream locations on the circuit. Attach wire nuts to connect the wires. Turn off the power.

Removing the old outlet and box. Make sure that you are working safely by testing that the outlet is dead by either plugging a radio or lamp into it or using a voltmeter or. No messy patching and repainting. The easiest way to upgrade an ungrounded 120v receptacle to get ground protection is to replace it with a gfci outlet.

The existing outlet will need a pigtail connection. While you re there make sure any other connections in the box are tight including wire nuts holding all wires securely tucked out of the way and any clips or screws are tight. If the switch box has only one white wire and it s connected to the switch sometimes with black tape around it it means the wire is hot part of the switch circuit and can t be used as a neutral. Depending on where you re installing a new outlet living space basement or outdoor area access to power may vary.

Find out how to attach a pigtail. On a polarized receptacle or a grounded receptacle the larger slot is neutral white wire and the smaller slot is hot black wire.