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Identify Outlet Terminals

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How to wire an outlet

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What happens here

Examine the electrical outlet to identify the different terminal screws. You will find brass-colored screws, which are for the hot (black) wires. There are silver-colored screws, which are for the neutral (white) wires. Lastly, there is a green screw, specifically for the ground (green or bare copper) wire.

Goal: Understand which wire connects to which terminal on the outlet.

Tools and materials

  • Outlet — The electrical receptacle being wired

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bring it towards me. For your black one, I'm going to bring it away from me. For your ground, I'm going to bring it away from me. When you look at your outlet, you're going to have a brass side and a silver side. This brass goes to your black, the silver goes to your white, and the ground goes to your green. I'm going to hook up my ground first, so I'm going to put my J-hook over my ground. I'm going to get a nice tight connection. It's important that you loop the wire in the

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