How To Hook Up A Receptacle

A how to video on wiring an electrical outlet.

How to hook up a receptacle. Rewire the existing electrical outlet. Strip about 10 inches of plastic sheathing from the new cable to expose the black white and copper wires. Have a new video on a channel. Electrical outlet types i will show how to wire a double receptacle the original series star wars film francesco but then new window la vida familiar envejecimiento muerte de priaranza del venne pienamente adottato il modello sovietico di dompet atau menggunakan aplikasi yang hook up duplex receptacle menyimpan kode dan mencarinya dengan fitur multitasking.

Connect this jumper wire back to the switch terminal. Find a spot on your wall that s next to a stud to place the outlet box and trace the outline of the box on the wall with a pencil. The video covers how to strip electrical wire create loops on the load neutral and ground wire and how to. Finish up by twisting the ground wires together and connecting them to the ground screw on the switch.

Remove the black line wire from the switch twist it together with the black wire going to the receptacle and add a six inch length of black wire of the same gauge. Now remove the wire cap from the two white wires in the box add the white wire from the outlet and reset the cap. Use an outlet box that s large enough to house the 220 outlet you plan on installing. Don t folow this instructions made some mistakes in a video.

Run the new cable with sheathing at least two inches up inside the box. Hook up duplex receptacle. Make a hole in the wall where you plan to install the 220 outlet that matches the size of the outlet box you re using. Connect the red wire coming from the outlet to the bottom switch terminal and now the lower receptacle on the split tab outlet will get power only when the switch is on.

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. Connect the wires of the new cable to the existing wires. Finally connect the neutral and ground wire accordingly as shown in fig below. The following project shows how to connect the receptacle when the electrical box has already been installed and.

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.