Wall Outlet Wiring Diagram

Wiring multiple outlets in a series.

Wall outlet wiring diagram. When wiring a wall outlet the neutral white wire should connect to the white or silver metal screw. The green screw obviously ties to the bare ground wire. In this diagram wall outlets are wired in a row using the terminal screws to pass voltage from one receptacle to the next. The hot source wire is removed from the receptacle and spliced to the red wire running to the switch.

This wiring diagram illustrates adding wiring for a light switch to control an existing wall outlet. A grounded contact at the bottom center is crescent shaped. To wire multiple outlets follow the circuit diagrams posted in this article. Wiring outlets together using the device terminals instead of a pigtail splice as shown in the next diagram can create a weakest link problem.

Any break or malfunction in one outlet will cause all the other outlets to fail. The hot black wire should connector to the brass colored screw. There is a tab between each of the screws of similar color. Wiring a grounded duplex receptacle outlet.

This is a standard 15 amp 120 volt wall receptacle outlet wiring diagram. The source is at the outlet and a switch loop is added to a new switch. Using this method any break or malfunction at one outlet will likely cause all the outlets that follow to fail as well. Standard wall outlet receptacle wiring.

This is a polarized device. The long slot on the left is the neutral contact and the short slot is the hot contact. Switched outlet wiring diagram depicts the electrical power from the circuit breaker panel entering the switched electrical receptacle outlet box where a two wire cable goes to the switch and another two wire cable feeds power to another outlet that is live at all times. The black wire from the switch connects to the hot on the receptacle.