You do need to pigtail this you should not be connecting all 3 wire sets to the outlet on the screws. Its also not a good idea to direct wire all three cables to the receptacle by utilizing both the screw terminals and the push in terminals on the back of the device.
Old Wiring In Ceiling Box 3 Conduits 4 Sets Of Wires
3 sets of wires in one outlet. Thinking maybe the outlet is shot i went and replaced it with a new one. Here 3 wire cable is run from a double pole circuit breaker providing an independent 120 volts to two sets of multiple outlets. The neutral wire from the circuit is shared by both sets. Another is that the box is on a circuit three way switch loop. So in all there is three wires that were attached to the fanlight fixture two black wires and one white. One is that the outlet is a 240 volt one which requires an extra hot wire.
All other white wires are tied together also. There is one extra black wirethe one that is with the white wire tied to the blacksthat was attached to the fan wiring. The only appropriate way to wire a receptacle in a box with three cables is to use pigtails to connect the receptacles. Outlets come in many styles and colors but all outlets operate with the same basic principles. There are two black wires one that provides electricity to the outlet and another that connects the outlet to another outlet along the. Electrical outlets in the united states come in 110 volt with three wires.
There are 2 other outlets in this room and 2 other rooms that must be on the same branch because the lights dont work in those rooms. And now when i turn the breaker back on i get no voltage between any of the sets of wires. In standard 120 volt wiring the hot wire is black but it can also be red. It worked for a bit and now theres nada. In most cases you see a red wire in an outlet box only in special circumstances. To pigtail and this is only if the wiring was done correctly in the first place you connect all the wires of like color along with an extra length of wire to go to the outlet.
After making pigtails with the black and white wires connect the short jumper black wire to the top brass terminal of the outlet and the white jumper to the top chrome terminal. I am very confused about this. For a 3 wire outlet the gold screw on an outlet is for the hot or black wire the silver screw is for the neutral or white wire green screw is the ground or bare wires. Look inside the outlet box to identify the six wires. Just twist them together and connect one to the ground screw as you would in the standard outlet wiring procedure. This wiring is commonly used in a 20 amp kitchen circuit where two appliance feeds are needed such as for a refrigerator and a microwave in the same location.
A black power wire a white neutral wire and a green or bare grounding wire. Never connect more than one wire under a single screw terminal.
Gallery of 3 Sets Of Wires In One Outlet
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