Hooking Up An Outlet

A standard electrical outlet has two brass terminal screws two chrome ones and a single ground terminal which is green.

Hooking up an outlet. The following project shows how to connect the receptacle when the electrical box has already been installed and. Most electrical codes now require outlets in kitchens and bathrooms to be on separate 20 amp gfci circuits. The how to video uses a 15 amp outlet and 14 2. Bend the wires so they can fit in the back of the box.

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. Have you ever had to deal with a super ugly electrical outlet or one that just does not hold in the plug very well. Installing a plug in receptacle for an electrical outlet can be a very easy job when it involves the simple replacement of an existing receptacle but it can be a bit more difficult if it involves running a new circuit from the main service panel or extending an existing circuit. I know the ways of electrical outlets and i.

The video tutorial goes through the rough in installation and install process for a single electrical outlet. Hooking up an electrical outlet. Use a screwdriver to secure the outlet in place so it doesn t come free. 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.

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.