I want new outlets
I removed the wires from the aged outlet by unscrewing the screws they are wrapped around.
Because of the high cost of hiring professional businesss, I’ve taught myself how to complete apartment improvement projects… Over the years I’ve gutted most of the rooms in the apartment down to the bare studs and taught myself how to create a comfortable and lovely living space! I’ve learned to install insulation and drywall. I’ve substituted overhead light fixtures and windows. I’ve refinished hardwood floors and laid down ceramic tile. One of the tasks that initially intimidated me was replacing electrical outlets. I don’t like to tackle any DIY projects that have the potential to kill me or burn my apartment down. I would never attempt to install a new electrical panel. I hire a licensed electrician for the complex tasks. However, replacing the guts of an outlet, or even moving the location of an outlet, is not overly difficult. In my home, the aged outlets were brown in color, split into the middle of the baseboards and had been painted over. I discovered that there is nothing scary or hard about it… The first step was to turn off the power to the house, but rather than worry about cutting the power to the particular set of outlets I planned to labor on, I flipped the main and interrupted power to the whole house. I used a screwdriver to remove the face plate from the electrical outlet. I removed the electrical outlet from the box by unscrewing the visible screws. This allowed me to pull the outlet away from the box. I removed the wires from the aged outlet by unscrewing the screws they are wrapped around. I loosened them just enough to slip the wires off and then tossed the aged outlet into the trash, however now it was time to deal with the grounding wire. The ground wire needs to be grounded to the box and to the outlet. The ground wire is usually be a green or a bare copper wire, then before installing the new outlet, I wrapped the ground wire around the grounding screw at the back of metal box and then pulled it forward to the receptacle.