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How to Replace a Worn-Out Electrical Outlet – Part 3

Bob Jackson — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:31:24 +0000

The replacement electrical outlet was backwired in series in Part 2. I prefer wiring middle-of-run outlets in parallel with pigtail connections for improved reliability and fault isolation as illustrated in following the wiring diagram. Some local building codes require outlets to be wired in parallel for these reasons. Rewiring an outlet from series to parallel [...]

How to Replace a Worn-Out Electrical Outlet – Part 2

Bob Jackson — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:28:55 +0000

This project is continued from Part 1. Having removed the worn out electrical outlet, I’ll replace it with a Leviton 5252-W Heavy Duty Electrical Outlet rated for 15AMPs and 125 volts for this high-use bathroom vanity location. The heavy duty outlet costs $5.44 versus 59 cents for the residential grade outlet. You get what you [...]

How to Replace a Worn-Out Electrical Outlet – Part 1

Bob Jackson — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:28:30 +0000

This tutorial shows how to replace a worn-out electrical outlet and explains best practices for wiring an outlet. Electrical outlets are taken for granted until they don’t work. I started paying attention when the kids said the 1500 watt DeLonghi electric oil filled radiator space heater used to keep the bathroom extra warm wasn’t working. [...]

How to Wire Two Floodlights to an In-LineLinc Relay

Bob Jackson — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:56:52 +0000

My garage has a motion sensor floodlight on the corner by the driveway. I upgraded the garage floodlights by: Installing an Insteon In-LineLinc Relay for home automation. Adding a 2nd slaved floodlight at the other end of the garage. The slaved floodlight operates with the primary motion floodlight under control of the In-LineLinc. The details [...]