Cold Chisel
Grounding An Electrical Receptacle
Electrical security suggestions
* Usually de-energize the circuit that you are going to perform on.
* Flip off the circuit breaker at the breaker or fuse panel.
* Verify the receptacle with a volt tester to make certain the circuit is de-energized.
* If you are organizing to function on the fuse or breaker box, make positive to turn off the main breaker.
* Do not substitute an present fuse with yet another one particular of larger amperage.
Wire gauge and fuse/breaker amperage.
* Use a 14 -gauge or bigger wire for a 15amp circuit.
* Use a twelve-gauge or bigger wire for a 20 amp circuit.
* Use a ten-gauge or greater wire for a 30 amp circuit.
* Check out the wire gauge on the wire insulation.
Tip
* Wrap electrician’s tape tightly all around the receptacle or mild switches soon after all connections are created.
Grounding an previous receptacle.
* Some of us nonetheless reside in an old property with ungrounded receptacles. Genuinely we need to floor these receptacles.
* The adhering to actions need to support you comprehend how to ground people ungrounded receptacles.
* Turn off the breaker or fuse to the receptacle to be grounded.
* Pull out and examination all the wires with a voltage tester and make positive all the wires have no voltage studying. If some wires read voltage, it signifies that there is much more then a single circuit in the receptacle and you need to de-energize those wires.
* Pull off the baseboard from the wall exactly where the receptacle is positioned and cut off or chisel about two inch wide by 3 inches substantial of drywall. (Be mindful when cutting since there may be some wires behind the finished wall).
* Drill a hole through the bottom plate directly underneath the receptacle. You ought to be in a position to see the hole from the basement.
* Now you can feed the floor wire from the receptacle box and through the chiseled region that was reduce out. (Pull the wire towards you). Pull adequate wire to reach the place in which the grounding clamp is going to be installed.
* Feed the wire by means of the bottom plate. Go down the basement and set up the grounding clamp on the chilly water pipe. (Everywhere as prolonged as it is a cold water pipe).
* Strip about one particular inch off the wire conclude and connect it to the grounding clamp.
* Now go back and connect the ground wire to the ground screw (green screw) of the new 3 hole receptacle. Connect the relaxation of the wires and screw the receptacle to the electrical box.
* Turn the circuit breaker on and test for power. If all is Okay. Nail a safety metal plate on the bottom plate, nail a piece of drywall to cover the hole. Patch up the drywall and install the baseboard again on.
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Cold Chisel – Forever Now (1982)
