How To Wire Up A Outlet

A 15 amp outlet like the one shown here only costs about 0 60 and you can purchase 100 of 14 2 romex for 35 00.

How to wire up a outlet. Push the outlet in front of the wires so the screw holes on the outlet line up with the ones along the sides of the box. The second terminal of switch then connected back to the brass terminal of outlet. A wire coming loose from an outlet can create a serious fire or shock hazard. White neutral wire to a silver colored terminal screw.

Use a screwdriver to secure the outlet in place so it doesn t come free. How to wire a pilot light switch. Wire the new electrical outlet. You can find all the necessary tools and materials at your local diy center.

Make sure the cable sheath remains secured inside the box. There is a break way fin tab intact to the line hot side which can be removed if switch is needed to control additional load otherwise a jumper wire can be added between the switch load terminal and lower line terminal while removing the. 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.

Push the wires and outlet into the box so you can screw it in place. The video tutorial goes through the rough in installation and install process for a single electrical outlet. A standard electrical outlet has two brass terminal screws two chrome ones and a single ground terminal which is green. The video covers how to strip electrical wire create loops on the load neutral and ground wire and how to.

In switch and outlet combo device the narrow blade is for line hot and the wider blade is for neutral. Black hot wire to a gold colored terminal screw. Another common method called back wiring uses self clamping rear terminals. Connect the new wires to the new outlet.

Bare wire to the green grounding screw. Mount the new box in the opening. 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. In this wiring a switch is added to to an existing outlet by removing the hot wire from outlet brass terminal and connected to the first terminal of switch.

You need to know up front which scenario you prefer if your wiring a new circuit. This way the outlet is wired and controlled on off through the switch. Bend the wires so they can fit in the back of the box.