How To Wire Series Of Outlets

Here 3 wire cable is run from a double pole circuit breaker providing an independent 120 volts to two sets of multiple outlets.

How to wire series of outlets. Most electrical codes now require outlets in kitchens and bathrooms to be on separate 20 amp gfci circuits. 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. Follow this procedure for all but the last outlet in the circuit. The video covers how to strip electrical wire create loops on the load neutral and ground wire and how to.

They only need to be a few inches long. Wiring diagram for dual outlets. The neutral wire from the circuit is shared by both sets. A how to video on wiring an electrical outlet.

The red wire switched hot wire going to the outlet wires into the other side of the switch and the white wires neutral tie together to complete the return side of the circuit. These are short lengths of wire. If you add an outlet to a kitchen or bath it must be gfci protected. Cut three of them one for the hot one for the neutral and one for the ground wires.

Strip inch of the insulation off both ends of each wire and set the wires aside. To wire outlets in series you ll need to cut taps they re also called pigtails or conductors. 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. Connect the black wires to the brass terminals on the outlet you re wiring connect the ground wires to the ground terminal then twist the white wires together and cap them.

Please right click on the image and save the photograph. One of the most common wiring configurations your going to find with outlets are shown in the diagram below. You can save this photographic file to your own personal pc. This is the wiring outlets in series diagram of a imagine i get via the multiple outlet wiring diagram package.