Wire the New TV Outlet

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HOW TO INSTALL A TV OUTLET - DIY TUTORIAL FOR MOUNTED TV

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Now, prepare the wires for the new TV outlet. Strip the outer jacket of the new Romex wire (the 14/2 type) to expose the insulated wires inside: black (hot), white (neutral), and bare copper (ground). Use wire strippers to strip about 3/4 inch of insulation from the ends of the black and white wires. For the ground wires (both from the original power source and the new Romex), use a Wago connector to securely connect them together, ensuring a tight connection. Form 'shepherd hooks' (small loops) on the ends of the black and white wires. Ensure these hooks curl in the same direction that the terminal screws tighten (typically clockwise) to ensure the wire is pulled tighter, not loosened, when the screw is secured. Connect the white (neutral) wire to the silver terminal screw on the new outlet and the black (hot) wire to the gold terminal screw. Tighten both screws firmly.

Goal: Properly connect the new Romex wires to the new electrical outlet.

Tools and materials

14/2 Romex Wire — Providing power to the new outlet
New Electrical Outlet — The new power source for the TV
Screwdriver Wera — Tightening terminal screws on the outlet
Wago Connector Wago — Connecting multiple ground wires securely
Wire Strippers — Stripping wire insulation

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nothing crazy. And then I'm gonna actually then now take this ROMX wire and I'm going to connect it to this outlet right here with with their terminals. So, black's going to go to the golds and white's going to go to the silver. And um the grounds are going to be wire nut together. And guys, yep, that's how we do it. So, what I'm actually going to do is I'm going to cut it right here. Yeah, right here. I'm then going to take a WGO connector just like this. So, I get my grounds connected. I'm going to take a WGO one. Two. Put the ground here. So, we have our grounds connected. Just like that. And then we're going to connect it back to our our outlet. Just like this. This is 14 gauge. So, I'm going to use the 14. Just like this. Just like that. I'm going to do my shepherd hook. shepherd hook two. And you guys, when you put these wires on, you want to make sure that your shepherd hook is going where the screw terminal is turning. So, I'm going to show you. So, here I have my neutral wire, the white wire. So, I'm going to put the shephard hook this way because the screw is going to turn that way clockwise. I don't want to put it, you know, this way because when the screw turns, it's going to un tighten. It's going to loosen the wire. So, make sure to always go into the direction where the screw is turning. So, right now, I'm going to put my white neutral wire like this. Boom. So, neutral is on. I'm going to tighten. Now, I'm going to go to my hot wire. So the shepherd hook's going to be this way because the screw tightens that way. So

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