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Need some basic electrical advice

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by LivinOnEdge, Jan 14, 2019.

  1. Jan 14, 2019 at 10:58 AM
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    LivinOnEdge

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    Just replacing recepticals in my 30 year old home with new ones. Which Leviton receptical (white) can I replace this with?

    And how do i wire this mess into the new one?

    This is a bathroom gfci outlet.

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  2. Jan 14, 2019 at 12:18 PM
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    Honestly, that picture and this question posted in a Tacoma forum isn't going to get you safely where you need to be, and this isn't the place to ask. Not meaning to sound offensive, but if you don't know and need to ask, you should pay some one or get a friend that does to do it for you. Not something you want to get wrong. Simple if you know how to do it, possibly deadly if you get it wrong and it doesn't work properly when it is supposed to. Concept is same in all GFCI's like one you have pictured, that one is just older and uses hardlines to wire nuts where newer ones use screw terminals on the outlet itself. More modern ones will have a line connection (black incoming hot), a load connection (black out to load), a neutral for each (white) that must correspond and a ground (green), all of which must be wired correctly to the outlet in order for the GFCI to trip when it ground faults. Black to brass, white to silver. Better safe than sorry, ask a professional electrician, which I am not.
     
  3. Jan 14, 2019 at 12:20 PM
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    I would post this over in the Home Improvement thread for better results.
     
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    Actually figured it out myself. The new recepticle has both lines and loads. The lines are just the base live and neutral wire, the loads go into the part of the new receptical with the tape over it specifically for this purpose. All is well :)
     
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  7. Jan 14, 2019 at 12:42 PM
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    Don't know why Crow tagged me, but reading through everything, it appears to be correctly resolved, and good advice about who and where to go if not.
     
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