How To Wire A Receptacle

The wire should hook around the screw in a clockwise fashion.

How to wire a receptacle. A how to video on wiring an electrical outlet. Fit the hooked end of the ground wire around the ground screw on the new receptacle. The video covers how to strip electrical wire create loops on the load neutral and ground wire and how to. Wiring multiple outlets in a series in this diagram wall outlets are wired in a row using the terminal screws to pass voltage from one receptacle to the next.

Wiring a gfci outlet with combo switch outlet receptacle light switch. If the ground wire attached to the outlet has insulation around it then wrap the end of the ground wire around the screw on the top or bottom of the outlet. Attach the black wire to the outlet you want to always be on usually the top one and the red wire to the switched outlet. 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 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. It means all the connected loads to the load terminals of gfci are protected. Wire the new electrical outlet. After modifying the receptacle to split the outlets make the following wire connections.

Make sure the cable sheath remains secured inside the box. Connect the white wire to either of the chrome screws remember they are still joined and the ground wire to the green ground screw. Black hot wire to a gold colored terminal screw. Connect the ground wire to the receptacle.

Bare wire to the green grounding screw. Form a j shaped hook on the end of each wire or pigtail using needle nose pliers. Mount the new box in the opening. Wiring for multiple ground fault circuit interrupters gfci and standard duplex receptacles are included with protected and non protected arrangements.

To wire an outlet to be hot at all times or both receptacles to be switched requires a 3 wire cable. To wire an outlet so that only the top or bottom receptacle is switched and the other receptacle remains hot all the time requires a 4 wire cable. You need to know up front which scenario you prefer if your wiring a new circuit. 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.

White neutral wire to a silver colored terminal screw. 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. This way the screw will close the hook as you tighten the screw. Twist the wire from the 12 2 cable around the ground wire on the outlet by hand so it has a secure connection.