How To Wire Up An Outlet

The how to video uses a 15 amp outlet and 14 2.

How to wire up an outlet. 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. A how to video on wiring an electrical outlet. Push the wires and outlet into the box so you can screw it in place. The video covers how to strip electrical wire create loops on the load neutral and ground wire and how to.

Pigtail ground wires if you re replacing an existing outlet odds are good that you can skip this step because you can reuse the existing splice. Connect the new wires to the new outlet. Make sure the cable sheath remains secured inside the box. To wire an outlet to be hot at all times or both receptacles to be switched requires a 3 wire cable.

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. The video tutorial goes through the rough in installation and install process for a single electrical outlet. Mount the new box in the opening.

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. Bare wire to the green grounding screw. The safest way to connect wires is to use the outlet s side screw terminals a procedure known as side wiring. A wire coming loose from an outlet can create a serious fire or shock hazard.

Use a screwdriver to secure the outlet in place so it doesn t come free. This demonstration shows 2 wire which means each cable contains one black and one white wire plus a ground wire. 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.

Wire the new electrical outlet. In switch and outlet combo device the narrow blade is for line hot and the wider blade is for neutral. 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. White neutral wire to a silver colored terminal screw.

Black hot wire to a gold colored terminal screw. Bend the wires so they can fit in the back of the box. A standard electrical outlet has two brass terminal screws two chrome ones and a single ground terminal which is green.