Questions tagged [receptacle]
A contact device installed at the outlet for the connection of an attachment plug.
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Am I allowed to put GFCI protection stickers on inside of mounting plate?
I’ve been reading about the requirements for GFCI stickers, but it’s not clear to me if I’d be allowed to put the sticker on the inside of the mounting plate as well.
Some have argued these stickers ...
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Two solid plus one stranded wire in a wire nut?
I want to replace an old outlet with a new one that has USB-A and USB-C 60w (https://leviton.com/products/t5634-w). The old outlet had another outlets daisy chained. So, the question is - can I take ...
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Single gang to double with a switch
I'm trying to turn a single gang outlet into a 2 gang outlet. I got the old outlet and box out and the new box in. Now l'm trying to figure out how to wire 2 outlets from the wires shown as well as ...
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How should my ceiling fan's switch circuit be connected in this outlet box?
I went to replace a wall outlet and committed the Cardinal sin of not taking before pictures.
Now I'm trying to wire everything back up and need help. I've traced the wires and determined what goes to ...
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Breaker trips when plugging into wall outlet(receptacle) directly, but not when using extension
I have recently run into a really weird situation. I have a two-socket wall outlet(receptacle) in the living room, and it is connected to a 15 amps breaker with arc fault indicator. I can also ...
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Kitchen half-wall/pony-wall receptacle height
I'd like to add some receptacles and a disposal switch to a half-wall dividing the kitchen and living rooms.
The original height of the wall is about 39-3/4", the countertop height will be around ...
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Will running bare wire to this part of the box properly ground my receptacle?
I had an outlet with wiring that did not touch the box itself. Here's what it looks like now.
Here is the spot I hope is designed for a ground screw:
Here is how I want to wire it. Would this work ...
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Why do we ground receptacles to their metal boxes?
I believe you need to ground receptacle boxes. What benefit is offered in doing so vs. running bare ground wire from the romex straight to the receptacle?
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How can I get around 16 electrical receptacles in a small area with the least amount of wiring? [closed]
I need around 8-16 receptacles for many low powered devices on a server rack. They will share a circuit because they are low power. I want to basically hard wire a power strip, but avoid the safety ...
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How can I connect 120V outlets to a #10 cable on a 30A breaker?
I re-sided my house and needed to upgrade the outside main electrical panel, which I had an electrician do. I wanted a dedicated outlet(s) in my garage for my table saw etc which often trips the ...
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Is this screw inside a 2-prong receptacle a possible ground?
My house was built in the 1920s and I don't know how old this wall box is. Is there any hope that the bottom screw is a ground? If not, what are the metal circles for?
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How can I control an outlet via a lightbulb
I have an existing ceiling light, controlled by a normal light switch. Without making any wiring changes, I would like to make it so that when that light bulb is switched on and off, it also controls ...
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Should I GFCI-protect a bathroom light and fan?
In my bathroom, a double electrical box near the door contains: a GFCI outlet; and a duplex switch for the light and exhaust fan. I will be replacing the aging GFCI soon.
On opening the box, I see ...
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Adding an outlet from an existing switch outlet
I have an existing outlet that is switch controlled. I want to add another outlet from the existing outlet that will be half switch controlled and half always on. Can I do this with the wiring shown ...
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Installing GFCI with two white & 1 black wires
I am replacing a bathroom outlet with a GFCI. The old outlet has TWO BLACK wires (definitely black), ONE WHITE wire, and a grounding wire. The white appears to be piggybacked to 2 other white wires. ...
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Australian 240V cord came to the U.S
I bought an espresso maker off eBay. It came from Australia. Dummy me didn’t check to see if it was compatible. It has a 20amp 240v cord (Australian/China/New Zealand style male).
What can I do to ...
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How to fix this outlet stub up through concrete?
How could we fix this situation?
So a contractor laid a 2" conduit for electrical underneath and stubbed it up. This location is supposed to be for an in-floor plug. When another contractor came ...
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How to install light fixture / receptacle to a light switch that isnt being used?
I have no light fixture or even a spot in my living room ceiling for light but I have a working light switch that isn't connected to anything.
Is there a way I can install a light fixture/ ceiling fan ...
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GFCI at beginning of circuit wont reset
The GFCI in my garage is at the beginning of the circuit and won't reset. It has been working since we bought the home 4 years ago.
I replaced the GFCI exactly as the original. Still wouldn't reset, ...
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What kind of receptacle is this with two T-shaped slots [duplicate]
Ignoring the grounding adapter on the top half, what kind of receptacle is this (in a US home built in 1960; this was likely a later addition).
At first I thought it was just a 20A outlet because it ...
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Heater/AC trips an entirely different breaker when it kicks on
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*Edit: Thanks to the comments, I went back and checked all of the neutral wires. When I pulled all of the outlets back out (but still wired), the breaker stayed on. Put them all back and it ...
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Wiring a 66DFG-10T single pole device to be used as a dual pole with switches between the device and the fan/light
I have a question that I was hoping this forum could provide me an answer. I have a Leviton 66DF-10T single pole device that controls a fan and a light fixture from one location. It has a black (hot) ...
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What type of outlet has four vertical slots and how can I modernize it?
I live in a 1920s house. There is this outlet in one of the rooms, off of the living room. We think it was a sunroom.
Is there anything I can do with basic electrical knowledge to convert to a regular ...
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Single pole light switch with three incoming wires that does not power any outlets, want to add new light
This is the wire setup in a guest bedroom single pole light switch. Three incoming wires. One black and one red are backstabbed. Another black is connected around the side terminal. The house was ...
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Only five outlets work
We took over ownership of a 1980s mobile home two years ago. Since than we've done repairs here and there as we go.
The first summer we lived here the electric went out in about 75% of the house. ...
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Can I extend a hallway circuit to add a GFCI outlet in a bathroom?
I'm planning to add an outlet in a bathroom. I can't wire it myself from the existing outlet since there is a door between it and the planned outlet.
There is an outlet on the opposite side of the ...
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Powering an Outdoor Security Camera via USB - Need a Waterproof Solution
I'm setting up a Wi-Fi security camera that will be installed outdoors and powered via a USB-type A pigtail.
I'm looking for advice or solutions that address these specific requirements and challenges ...
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Why are there two cables connected to this GFCI outlet?
I'm trying to add a new GFCI outlet by splitting and using pigtails off an existing GFCI outlet. However, when I opened out the junction box I noticed that there are two sets of wires attached to the ...
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Mounting an outdoor box, but there's an existing recessed box
How would I mount this? I want to install an external box so I can run conduit, and we had an outlet here that was covered.
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Adding outlets to a room via daisy chain using wiremold raceway
I'm moving into a "new" apartment in a very old house. Most of the rooms have one 2 prong ungrounded outlet which nowadays just isn't enough (or safe for very high draw electronics imo).
I'...
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Best way to repair loose outlet box
What's the best way to repair this loose outlet box? This is an outlet + switch for the garbage disposal in the kitchen. The whole box is loose inside the wall. The house was built in 1943.
It seems ...
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Outlet tester shows correct but dim top light
My outlet tester shows correct but the top light is dim. This does not happen with the other outlets I've tested. The outlet with the issue does work but this worries me. What could be the issue? If I ...
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Electric frustrated [closed]
Ran wire from an existing outlet that has nothing else on the circuit, to feed two new outlets. The existing outlet had a gfi installed for whatever reason. I wired the outlets upstairs then came down ...
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Which extension ring for stucco?
I installed single gang boxes for my exterior wall: https://www.homedepot.com/pep/202077343
My stucco contractor said all of these boxes are not deep enough and he needs an extension ring to bring the ...
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How can I repair an outlet which won't accept plugs?
I am not able to plug in stuff into my outlet anymore. It seems like every time I try to plug something in, I'm hitting some springs. I think I moved the inside of the outlet by forcing things in.
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Level 1 car charger causing outlets and lines to break
I have a Toyota RAV4 Plug-in Hybrid that uses a Level-1 charger (120V) which seems to be doing damage to or breaking outlets/lines in my home. The situation is the following:
I had been using an ...
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Can I replace a GFCI outlet in a bathroom with an outlet having USB ports?
I’m wanting to replace the GFCI outlet in my master bathroom to one with USB plugs due to my wife’s new electric toothbrushes requiring USB to charge. Is it possible to do? Or should I just buy a ...
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I want to plug my NEMA 6-50 extension from the wall to my welder
I have a welder that draws 45 amps and (will soon have) a NEMA 6-50R outlet in my garage. I bought a very nice NEMA 6-50 extension cord, expecting to cut the female end off and wire it to have a long ...
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Old outlet, not controlled by switch, has 4 screws, 6 wires, top screws 1 white wire, 1 black wire, Bottom screws each- 2 white and 2 black
Old outlet not controlled by switch, 6 wires- 3 white, 3 black, top screws 1 white on left, 1 black on right, bottom screws- 2 white on left bottom, 2 black on right bottom, how do I change to new ...
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Should I replace my three-prong dryer outlet with a four-prong outlet since I have a ground wire?
While running wire for a new dedicated outlet, I found 10/3 supplying my 3-prong dryer outlet. Removed the receptacle and discovered that the ground wire is just sitting unconnected in the outlet box. ...
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Please Help Needed! Loose/Sunken Outlet Box [closed]
Need help or a solution how do we go about fixing a loose and sunken
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Converting NEMA 10-30 to 14-30 using ground from adjacent 15 amp receptacle
In the picture is the NEMA 10-30 I want to change for the safer grounded 14-30. I learned of the danger of this old receptacle here As you can see in the picture there's a ground that I can use to put ...
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Help installing new outlet
I’m trying to install a new outlet for a wall mounted TV. My plan was to add an outlet downstream of the existing nearby outlet (below the TV). I checked the outlet and found it’s already passing ...
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Can I run cable through a wall into a surface-mount box?
I have a surface-mount (1/2” PVC conduit) receptacle in a metal box. Does NEC allow me to run cable through a rear knockout of this box through a wall to wire an adjacent room?
Not exterior. Interior ...
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How to install an outdoor receptacle on the other side of this indoor receptacle?
I want to have access to electric on a porch, and there's an indoor receptacle right around where it would be helpful to have an outdoor one. I did some research and it seemed simple enough:
Open the ...
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Bringing power to two bedrooms [duplicate]
I bought a new house and needed to build two extra bedrooms. The house is my residence. In both the new bedrooms, I have six outlets and a light. I have space to add breakers in the panel when I went ...
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With my circuit breaker open I have found 0.67 VAC between my light switch common wire to ground, is this acceptable?
I have opened the circuit breaker at my box to diagnose why my outside light is not working. I verified that there is no VAC at the switch and I have disconnected the light switch from the circuit to ...
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Why am I reading 69 volts across the terminals on my outlet?
I have three receptacles and one light tied to one AFGCI breaker. When I measure across the neutral and “hot” terminals of the receptacles and light, I measure 69 volts. When I measure from the “hot” ...
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Remove outlet from light switch that controls recessed lighting
I've been searching DIY but haven't found a clear "how-to" for my exact situation. I've got a light switch that controls both the recessed lighting in a room as well as an entire outlet ...
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Can I leave standard outlets in kitchen if they’re connected to GFCI outlet?
So basically all outlets in our house that should be GFCI are currently standard outlets (at least 2 in kitchen, 1 in garage, maybe others in bathroom but not sure).
However, they are all wired to a ...
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