How To Wire and Install an Outlet
By Timothy Thiele, About.com Guide
When the outlet is installed, go to your breaker panel and turn the circuit back on to the circuit you've been working on. Take a tester and see if the circuit is working properly. You should read somewhere around 120 volts from the hot to neutral connection and also from the hot to ground connection. If so, you have successfully installed an outlet!
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- Safety First! Turn Off the Power
- How To Strip Romex Wire Sheathing
- Cut Off the Excess Sheathing
- Stripping Wire Conductors
- Making the Ground Connection
- Making the Neutral Connection
- Making the Hot Wire Connection
- Attach an Outlet to a Box
- Install the Outlet Cover Plate
- Turning On a Breaker
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