Questions tagged [receptacle]
A contact device installed at the outlet for the connection of an attachment plug.
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Outdoor outlet on round box
I have 2 of the following round boxes at my home hidden behind a cover:
Now I'd like to mount an outlet on it, and I'm trying to understand what the right things to use are.
To my understanding, this ...
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After replacing bathroom outlets they dont work
I replaced my Mom's bathroom outlets. I put the wires from the older ones directly to the same spots on the new outlets.. same style and same types. Most regular flat faced outlets and one GFI after ...
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Single Outlets Failing
I have three (so far) outlets that have no power. Three different locations through the home. I have checked the breakers and all seem to be fine. All worked within the last month or so. Rooms with ...
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Correct breaker for electrical panel [duplicate]
I am installing a dedicated circuit for a bathroom outlet. Attached is a picture of the old Sylvania panel.
My understanding from looking at this is that this panel does accept tandem breakers seeing ...
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How to convert unused 3 prong, 250V, 50A, F receptacle to regular 120V one?
I have an unused 3 prong, 250V, 50A, F receptacle in my basement.
Is there an adapter out there that can convert this to 120V?
Since it is 3 wire (including neutral), I believe we should be able to do ...
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Adding 2 new outlets to existing GFCI's in two bathrooms
In the middle of a remodel. So I have two bathrooms connected on the same 20A circuit and both currently have GFCI. Bathroom 1(B1) GFCI is wired to the LINE/source and its LOAD powers Bathroom 2(B2) ...
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How to break off outlet yoke tabs without bending
To install an outlet in a metal box cover plate like this one:
I have to break off the tabs of the outlet. The ones I've shown in red are trivial - just grab the ear with some pliers and rock back ...
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Need to install a new outlet : from Light Fixture or GFCI? How to go about it?
I need to install a new electrical outlet in the bathroom, that would connect to the vanity as well as a new bidet in the future. I have two sources for this:
Vanity light fixture, that's connected ...
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Why won't my breaker reset after it tripped, even with no devices connected? [closed]
One of our kitchen outlets made a pop when my wife unplugged an item from it. The breaker tripped and now won't reset after I unplugged everything on that circuit. Is the outlet bad and not allowing ...
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Wiring an electrical outlet under a sink with 2 black wires a red wire and 2 white wires but 1 white wire is hot
I am replacing an electrical outlet under the sink that connects to a garbage disposal switch. There are five wires, 2 black wires (hot), 1 red wire that I believe connects to the garbage disposal ...
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Replacing old light switch (not a professional)
To preface, I have little to no experience with electrical work and terminology, with the only thing I've done is replacing a broken ceiling light receptacle.
We have a really old house, and one of ...
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Installing gfci on chained 2-prong receptacles in a room
I have 4 2-prong receptacles in my room and I want to get them converted to 3 prong so that I don't have to use any adaptor for my devices. I opened them and saw that there is no ground wire in these(...
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Disabling Switched Outlet at the Switch
I currently have a 3-switch box (as a single unit) that controls fan, fan light, and one switched outlet, but want to disable to switched outlet and leave the other two functional. The switch seems to ...
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My range outlet is lying on the floor
I would like to replace my old electric range but the outlet it is plugged in is lying on the floor (under the range) and not attached to the wall (see the picture). Does anybody know if this is a ...
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Multiple outlets (4), in different rooms not working
Two outlets in master bath, one out on back patio, and one next to front door (exterior) aren't working. They have no power going to them so I replaced the circuit breaker but that didn't fix them. ...
