Wiring An Outlet In A Series

This is the wiring outlets in series diagram of a imagine i get via the multiple outlet wiring diagram package.

Wiring an outlet 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. Bring together the black wire that goes to the second outlet the black wire coming into the first outlet and the black tap. We also have some more graphics connected to multiple outlet wiring diagram please see the graphic gallery below click one of the graphics then the picture will be. When an outlet receptacle falls in the middle of a circuit run rather than at the end there are generally two cables in the outlet box.

The load terminals can be used to extend wiring to additional regular receptacles beyond the gfci which allows them to also enjoy gfci protection. Electricians hardly ever wire outlets this way but it s good to know about it because it gives you near 100 percent assurance of circuit continuity. The total voltage in a series circuit equals the sum of the voltage drops which means if you have something plugged into each of the receptacles the voltage of the series outlet at the end would be too low to do anything useful. Wiring outlets together using the device terminals instead of a pigtail splice as shown in the next diagram can create a weakest link problem.

In the first outlet box strip inch of the insulation off the ends of the wire you ve just run. Finally screw the ground or green wire to the metal screw in the box. It s a good way to wire a gfci outlet if you want outlets after it in the chain to stay on when the gfci trips but be aware that those outlets won t have ground fault protection. Electrical electricalwiring electricalcode how to install an outlet in series or parallel.

Please right click on the image and save the photograph. This wiring is also known as series wiring of outlets which is only acceptable in case of afci or gfci. However should the gfci go bad then all the connected downstream outlets will also cease to function. One cable is the incoming power source entering the box from one side while a second cable exits the box to continue onward to downstream locations on the circuit.

Wiring dual outlets from 240v source for 120v in this wiring the first and 3rd outlet hot terminals are connected to the line 2 blue and the second and last outlets hot terminals are connected to the line 1 red. It would be against code to wire receptacles in series and there s no good reason to do it anyway. Wiring multiple outlets in a series. You can save this photographic file to your own personal pc.

This video explains the difference in electrical installation.