Wiring Two Outlets

If you re wiring an outlet in the middle of a chain of outlets you ll have two cables in the outlet box.

Wiring two outlets. Three wire cable runs into the box. 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. The black and red wires are both hot and each is connected to one of the receptacles. The neutral wire from the circuit is shared by both sets.

Then install the 2nd gfci normally. 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. Here 3 wire cable is run from a double pole circuit breaker providing an independent 120 volts to two sets of multiple outlets. Wiring diagram for dual outlets.

The white neutral wire is splice to each outlet so they share the return path. The video covers how to strip electrical wire create loops on the load neutral and ground wire and how to. A standard electrical outlet has two brass terminal screws two chrome ones and a single ground terminal which is green. How to wire an electrical receptacle outlet or wall plug when there are just two wires hot and neutral but no ground wire.

Box typical inside dimensions are about 2 in. In the first diagram the single way switch and light bulb is connected to the load terminal of gfci. There are two basic options for wiring the receptacle to the two cables running through the box. This way the switch and light bulb is gfci protected.

A how to video on wiring an electrical outlet. How to wire gfci combo switch and outlet gfci switch outlet wiring diagrams. First the circuit can be direct wired through the receptacle that is the entry cable can be attached to one pair of hot and neutral screw terminals on the receptacle while the exit cable can be attached to the other set of screws. Just connect the cable from the second outlet to the line side of the first gfci or wire nut and pigtail the first gfci.

The outlet addition methods we show here are based on the most common wiring 14 gauge wire on a 15 amp circuit and an 18 cu in. This article explains that when there is no safe grounding conductor or ground wire at an electrical receptacle location you need to choose the proper receptacle type and make the proper wire connections for safety. In this diagram two outlets are wired in the same box with a separate 120 volt source feeding each. The other cable goes to the next outlet in the chain.

One of the cables is the live cable that either comes from another device that has power or directly from the panel.