old house wiring issues - new member
#42
08-18-13, 07:54 AM
First thing I did when I bought the house was replace all the old 15a receptacles with new 20a receptacles
#44
08-18-13, 09:52 PM
the receptacle in the post below is wired the way it was on the original receptacle, I just replaced it with a new 20a receptacle.
Before you start fooling with the black wire in that box, splice the two whiter wires together with a white pigtail in the same gauge wire and terminate that pigtail to one of the silver neutral terminal screws. Let's see how that works first.
Do you have a copy of Wiring Simplified?
#45
08-19-13, 08:56 AM
No, I don't have a copy, but I think I get the jist of that you're saying does it matter which neutral the pigtail connects to? Is the red wire on the hot post in the correct position?
#46
08-19-13, 03:41 PM
No, I don't have a copy, but...
does it matter which neutral the pigtail connects to? Is the red wire on the hot post in the correct position?
We can't see where and how the red wire is connected. If it is connected to one of the brass terminal screws and those two screws are connected to each other, then it is connected correctly.
