Electrical Receptacle Wiring

Wiring a 20 amp 240 volt appliance receptacle.

Electrical receptacle wiring. Video demonstration of how to wire a receptacle outlet. In the diagram below a 2 wire nm cable supplies line voltage from the electrical panel to the first receptacle outlet box. There are many other types of receptacles that you may find around the house like 20a or 15 20a 125v receptacles gfci ground fault circuit interrupter receptacles electric dryer receptacles 30a 125 250v and electric range receptacles 50a 125 250v to name a few. This repeats until the end of the chain.

The video tutorial goes through the rough in installation and install process for a single electrical outlet. The outlet should be wired to a dedicated 20 amp 240 volt circuit breaker in the service panel using 12 2 awg cable. Electrical outlet safety to help avert electrical fires in your living room consider installing afci or arc fault circuit interrupter outlets. Mount the new box in the opening.

White neutral wire to a silver colored terminal screw. The second method of wiring a mid run receptacle is to connect the receptacle to the circuit wires with pigtails that tap into the circuit wires passing through the box. Typically an electrical receptacle is wired with two insulated wires and a bare ground wire all three of which are encased in a plastic nmc or metal bx jacket. With this wiring both the black and white wires are used to carry 120 volts each and the white wire is wrapped with electrical tape to label it hot.

In this gfci outlet wiring and installation diagram the combo switch outlet spst single way switch and ordinary outlet is connected to the load side of gfci. These electrical receptacles detect arc faults which happen when there is damage in the circuit wiring. The electrical wire must have the proper number of conductors. In modern electrical circuits used to wire receptacles electrical outlets.

In this case the circuit load flows both to the receptacle and to any downstream receptacles without being dependent on flowing through the receptacle s connecting tab. Wiring a gfci outlet with combo switch outlet receptacle light switch. This outlet is commonly used for a heavy load such as a large air conditioner. Connect the new wires to the new outlet.

The how to video uses a 15 amp outlet and 14 2. Bare wire to the green grounding screw. Black hot wire to a gold colored terminal screw.