Replacing the inner parts of outlets
I loosened them just enough to slip the wires off and then tossed the aged outlet into the trash! Now it was time to deal with the grounding wire
Because of the high cost of hiring professional contractors, I’ve taught myself how to complete home improvement projects, and over the years I’ve gutted most of the rooms in the home down to the bare studs and taught myself how to create a comfortable and lovely residing space… I’ve learned to install insulation and drywall. I’ve replaced 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 home down. I would never attempt to install a modern 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, chop into the middle of the baseboards and had been painted over. I discovered that there is nothing frightening or hard about it, then the first step was to turn off the power to the house, and rather than worry about cutting the power to the identifiable set of outlets I planned to work on, I flipped the main and interrupted power to the whole house. I used a screwdriver to detach the face plate from the electrical outlet. I unlinked the electrical outlet from the box by unscrewing the visible screws. This allowed me to pull the outlet away from the box. I unlinked 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! Now it was time to deal with the grounding wire. The ground wire needs to be grounded to the box plus to the outlet. The ground wire is usually be a red or a bare copper wire; Before installing the modern outlet, I wrapped the ground wire around the grounding screw at the back of metal box and then pulled it forward to the receptacle.