How To Wire An Extra Outlet

This wiring is commonly used in a 20 amp kitchen circuit where two appliance feeds are needed such as for a refrigerator and a microwave in the same location.

How to wire an extra outlet. Use an outlet box that s large enough to house the 220 outlet you plan on installing. 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 neutral wire from the circuit is shared by both sets. A wire coming loose from an outlet can create a serious fire or shock hazard.

The safest way to connect wires is to use the outlet s side screw terminals a procedure known as side wiring. Twist the wire from the 12 2 cable around the ground wire on the outlet by hand so it has a secure connection. Attach bare copper wire to green grounding screw on outlet 15. Screw electrical box to the wall 12.

Don t folow this instructions made some mistakes in a video. Here 3 wire cable is run from a double pole circuit breaker providing an independent 120 volts to two sets of multiple outlets. Attach white wire to silver screw on outlet 13. When you wire a single outlet to a live circuit cable you connect the black wire to one of the brass screws usually the top one but it doesn t matter and the white wire to one of the chrome screws.

Add an inline fuse in the positive wire and attach the negative wire to ground for safety. If you add an outlet to a kitchen or bath it must be gfci protected. Wrap bare copper wire around green grounding screw inside of box and tighten screw 11. A standard electrical outlet has two brass terminal screws two chrome ones and a single ground terminal which is green.

Wrap electrical tape around outlet to protect wire connections 16. 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. Push the wires at each outlet into the box and connect the outlet to the box with the screws provided. Adding an extra 12 volt outlet really comes in handy when you want to plug in that charger and the other outlet is being used.

Replace the wire nut. Attach black wire to brass screw on outlet 14. Wiring diagram for dual outlets. At the new box make a hook on the end of the ground wire and attach it to the green terminal of the outlet.

Most electrical codes now require outlets in kitchens and bathrooms to be on separate 20 amp gfci circuits. Have a new video on a channel. Another common method called back wiring uses self clamping rear terminals. So before using the method we show here for how to wire a wall outlet in a kitchen or bathroom check with an electrical inspector.