| Installing a new electrical receptacle is not too | | | | Replace them the same way on the new one. If |
| difficult. However, it does take a basic | | | | using screw terminals, wrap the wires in a |
| understanding of electricity. Here are five tips for | | | | clockwise direction. This way the wires will wrap |
| replacing a worn out receptacle. | | | | around the screw. If you wrap them counter |
| 1. Turn of the power. This cannot be emphasized | | | | clockwise, they may eventually come off. |
| enough. Safety is the most important feature | | | | Remember the black wire goes to the small hole, |
| when working on any electric household products. | | | | The white wire goes to the large hole. The green |
| Go to your breaker box and flip the appropriate | | | | or bare wire goes to the ground. |
| breaker. Hopefully it will be marked. However, this | | | | 5. Replace the top and bottom mounting screws. |
| is not always the case. You may need to | | | | Put the new cover on. Go back to the breaker |
| experiment to get the right one. | | | | box and restore power. This should finish your |
| 2. Check to be sure that the power is really dead. | | | | project. |
| Household circuits do not always follow a pattern. | | | | Summary |
| You may turn off a breaker. It may make all of | | | | It will not be too hard to install you new electrical |
| the lights in the room go out. However, it may | | | | receptacle. Do not attempt this, if you have no |
| not be the one that controls the outlet. If you | | | | knowledge of basic electricity. The most |
| have a meter or neon tester, use it. Check the | | | | important thing to remember, is to turn the |
| upper and lower plug in areas. If there is no | | | | power off. Make certain that you turn off the |
| tester, use something like a lamp. | | | | right breaker, by checking the outlet for power. If |
| 3. Remove the cover plate and take out the top | | | | you use screw terminals, wrap the wire in a |
| and bottom screws. This will remove the outlet | | | | clockwise direction. This will keep it on the |
| from the box. | | | | terminal. |
| 4. Remove all of the old wires from the old unit. | | | | |