I’m lucky my dad is the maintenance training supervisor, and taught me how to do these. Ended up changing 10 by myself, with him watching and turning the power off and on for me. It is really simple, now to have him teach me how to fix an ac unit and replace a hot water heater. 😂
Putting 2 wires under a screw as you did with the ground is not permitted by code, you need to pigtail or use a green grounding wire nut which connects the 2 wires and feeds a single wire for the ground screw. Use a receptacle tester (their cheap) to verify correct wiring. You could have a reverse polarity condition and the lamp or clock will still work, but it's a shock hazard. You have a black and white wire, but you never know who did what before you. It helps to be thorough when doing this.
You will only need the one wire on each side. It works the same. Two wires means that it’s connecting to another outlet down line. One wire means you are at the end of the line.
@dan_can One wire on each side does not necessarily mean end of the line. The 2 wires could be pigtailed and the wire nuts or other pigtail connection may not be easily visible as they should be tucked in at the back of the box.
you didn't close up the wire loops around the screws before tightening them up. Since you were taking the screws off the old outlet, I wouldn't have widened the wire loops. I would have taken the screws off the new outlet and put the new screw through the wire loop and then screw it down. The way you did it leaves a greater chance for the wires to come loose or completely off when you have to twist the outlet around and push it back in the box. The more wire you can grab with the screw the better. That is why it was looped so tightly in the first place. Just an observation.
You do not want to remove the screws on the new receptacle, they are staked in place and the threads can be damaged by removal and risk cross threading upon installation.
Thank you for making this video. I was wondering, what if I have 3 white wires and 3 black wires, can I combine 2 wires to share one screw and have the 3rd wire connected to the other screw? Thank you
No, only one wire per screw. If there are more wires than screws, you need to use pigtails. For example, the 3 white wires and a new short wire (pigtail) should be joined using a wire nut, push in or lever nut connector, 4 wires total and the pigtail connects to the receptacle. Same for the black wires and the ground wires. Only three wires including the ground would be connected to the receptacle. I recommend using Wago or Ideal brand lever nuts, wire nuts are difficult to use correctly if you have limited experience.
Thank goodness there are nice people in the world like this guy to talk repair-noobs through stuff
@@charity_leighta I am just paying it forward. Thanks
Thank you so much Dan, you just saved me, a senior, a lot of money. BLESS YOU❤
Thank you for posting this🙏 ..I think I'm going to attempt🤞 to replace a loose outlet🔌 myself and your video has really put me at ease!!😏
Glad I could help
Thanks. Appreciate you posting a video like this. I feel more confident to do this on my own now:)
Glad I could help!
Thanks, Dan! I'm going to just replace the cover, too scared to do this lol, but learned a lot, tysm
I’m lucky my dad is the maintenance training supervisor, and taught me how to do these. Ended up changing 10 by myself, with him watching and turning the power off and on for me. It is really simple, now to have him teach me how to fix an ac unit and replace a hot water heater. 😂
Water heater is easy if you pro press. The hardest part becomes getting rid of the old one.
Dan you did a great job!
This totally helped me thank you!
Thanks Dan! Now I can! 😊
@@jstinnett80ify you bet! You got this.
The outlet I need to replace is connected to a light switch. Does that make any difference?
Putting 2 wires under a screw as you did with the ground is not permitted by code, you need to pigtail or use a green grounding wire nut which connects the 2 wires and feeds a single wire for the ground screw. Use a receptacle tester (their cheap) to verify correct wiring. You could have a reverse polarity condition and the lamp or clock will still work, but it's a shock hazard. You have a black and white wire, but you never know who did what before you. It helps to be thorough when doing this.
What if you get the old outlet out and only have one wire each side how do you get two for the new outlet?
You will only need the one wire on each side. It works the same. Two wires means that it’s connecting to another outlet down line. One wire means you are at the end of the line.
@dan_can One wire on each side does not necessarily mean end of the line. The 2 wires could be pigtailed and the wire nuts or other pigtail connection may not be easily visible as they should be tucked in at the back of the box.
you didn't close up the wire loops around the screws before tightening them up. Since you were taking the screws off the old outlet, I wouldn't have widened the wire loops. I would have taken the screws off the new outlet and put the new screw through the wire loop and then screw it down. The way you did it leaves a greater chance for the wires to come loose or completely off when you have to twist the outlet around and push it back in the box. The more wire you can grab with the screw the better. That is why it was looped so tightly in the first place. Just an observation.
You do not want to remove the screws on the new receptacle, they are staked in place and the threads can be damaged by removal and risk cross threading upon installation.
Thank you for making this video. I was wondering, what if I have 3 white wires and 3 black wires, can I combine 2 wires to share one screw and have the 3rd wire connected to the other screw? Thank you
No, only one wire per screw. If there are more wires than screws, you need to use pigtails. For example, the 3 white wires and a new short wire (pigtail) should be joined using a wire nut, push in or lever nut connector, 4 wires total and the pigtail connects to the receptacle. Same for the black wires and the ground wires. Only three wires including the ground would be connected to the receptacle. I recommend using Wago or Ideal brand lever nuts, wire nuts are difficult to use correctly if you have limited experience.
Thanks!
I only have 1 white and 1 black plus the ground. Is this normal? My home is only 9 years old.
Yes. It means that it’s the end of the line. The double wires means that the line continues on to the next outlet.
Yes. White to silver black to hot, ground to green.
I just dropped by for the music.
Maybe I'm just picky, but I would have tried to vacuum out the debri in the outlet box.
WHITE NON hot to SILVER; HOT to BRASS or gold.
Is it just me or did it look like the clock was already on before he plugged it in?
It was on. maybe a battery backup.
Ground on first and off last, great
i can see 2 ground wires on the outlet and it should be pigtailed