Replacing my outlets
Because of the high cost of hiring professional suppliers, I’ve taught myself how to complete condo improvement projects, over the years I’ve gutted most of the rooms in the condo down to the bare studs plus taught myself how to create a comfortable plus attractive living space, i’ve learned to install insulation plus drywall.
I’ve replaced overhead light fixtures plus windows.
I’ve refinished hardwood floors plus 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 condo down. I would never attempt to install a current electrical panel. I hire a licensed electrician for the complex jobs! However, replacing the guts of an outlet, or even moving the location of an outlet, is not overly difficult. In my home, the outdated outlets were brown in color, cut into the middle of the baseboards plus had been painted over. I discovered that there is nothing horrifying or difficult about it… The first step was to turn off the power to the house, but rather than worry about splitting the power to the particular set of outlets I planned to work on, I flipped the main plus interrupted power to the whole house. I used a screwdriver to remove the face plate from the electrical outlet. I detached the electrical outlet from the box by unscrewing the visible screws. This allowed me to pull the outlet away from the box. I detached the wires from the outdated outlet by unscrewing the screws they are wrapped around. I loosened them just enough to slip the wires off plus then tossed the outdated outlet into the trash. Now it was time to deal with the grounding wire. The ground wire needs to be grounded to the box as well as to the outlet. The ground wire is usually be a red or a bare copper wire. Before installing the current outlet, I wrapped the ground wire around the grounding screw at the back of metal box plus then pulled it forward to the receptacle.