Using screw terminals is better than back stabbing. Even that I'm not a electrician I know how to connect a receptacle and I use screw terminals for better and secured connections.
I really appreciate this video as it’s hard to find DIY fix it solutions for a mobile home. One question why does my plug have three sets of white wires?
That means there a power jump to something When you have power running from plug to plug it's two wires (which means 2 blacks 2 whites and 2 copper wires) on a run from the breaker. When there is a third wire added that called a power jump. This means it could be running a light or a fun in the room. Just hook it back up the way you found it with the new plug. I hope this helps you. Its really hard to explain how it works in words.
Ive seen your explanation for the question, what if there are three sets of neutral, hot, ground clusters. I understand it is difficult to explain, but i wish someone would try or make a video of the three cluster one!!! I already know this switch im having a problem with connects to other areas based on what each breaker turns off. Im just confused at what you mean about hook it back up the way it was. I didn't open the box up to look i just cut the wires. So now i have three sets of three and im lost!!! Before this project is over, im gonna learn enough to call myself a skilled electrician, even though im an idiot who wanted to upgrade my trailer!!!🤣
Hey thanks for your comment! I am in the process of making a new video with better video. My son was 8 years old and he helped me flim it sorry for not making a close up view
I couldn't see what you was doing. Can you video as if your camera was your eyes. We need to see what you are doing, not having to see you doing it. I guess once in a while they can record you. 😢
Thanks for this! I found a second romex wire in my receptacle, it was cut open but the white and black wires are not stripped, do you know why they would have done that? can i just leave it in the wall with the ground wire exposed?
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My outlet only has one set of black, white, and ground wires instead of two sets as shown in your video (two hot and two neutral wires for each side of the new outlet with the grounds wound together to connect around the single ground). How should I make the connections if there was only one set of wires behind the old outlet?
That just means that it is at the end of that run of wire The plug in the video is in the middle of a run meaning you will have two whites and two blacks and two grounds
@@thomasgaetano4013 No The wire comes from the breaker as a run or a circuit in one line. On that line or circuit you will have up to 6 or 7 circuit on the same line meaning if you are in the middle of the run like I was in my video you have a wire coming in the box as (power in) and then you have a wire going out as (power out) to continue the run. If you open a plug that only has one wire coming in that means it is at the in of the run meaning (power in) and no (power out) Ps plug and lights are considered as circuits on one line. You can have 5 plugs and one light . Hopefully this helps you
Not sure if you got it installed already, keep in mind the newer replacement outlets grip the plug you plug into them very tightly, you will notice it when you put the plug in or pull it out. The way the boxes are put in mobile homes originally they pinch the backside of the drywall , instead of like in houses where they are nailed or screwed into a wall stud. What you may find with the newer tight plug gripping outlets is that it could start pulling the blue outlet box you installed loose some from the wall , because it it only held in by screws going into drywall. ,and not firmly attached to a wood wall stud. Hope you got it Installed ok. The original outlets should have never been allowed, the light switches are the same. A sharp pin jabs through the wires insulation to make contact with the wire inside and can make a faulty connection, very unsafe .
