Here we explain how much insulation to remove and to avoid damaging the electrical wire when preparing wires for connections to receptacles or switches. This article series describes how to choose, locate, and wire an electrical receptacle in a home. Electrical receptacles (also called electrical ou...
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It depends on the device to which the wire is to be connected. We want to remove enough insulation to assure good contact area between the wire and the connecting device, but not too much. Watch out: not all devices use the same conductor insulation strip-back amount. In general you ...
The pads are designed to wrap around the workpiece, with a piece of removable insulation over the joint. For preheat, the entire workpiece is covered. You then remove the insulation from the weld joint area and start welding. When you take a break, you put the insulation back over the jo...
Step 7: Once the wire is satisfactorily clean, remove the wire from the vinegar, and plunge it into the baking soda solution to neutralize the acid's corrosive properties. If the wire was exposed to the air, without neutralizing the acid first, it would quickly corrode again. The baking so...
Connect the green test lead to a separate ground such as a metal water pipe, a metal grounded structure of the building, a grounded screwdriver, or a grounded stake. For a wire connected to a GFCI outlet: Make sure the circuit is energized. Remove the protective receptacle wall plate. Conn...
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if you are wiring the outlets on different circuits, you'll have a second live cable in the box. Connect the second outlet to that cable using the same procedure, and you're done. If you want to wire them to the same circuit, you'll need jumper wires. Remove the individual wires fro...
You need at least an inch of bare wire on the end of each wire that you can connect in a pigtail. The easiest way to remove insulation is to strip it off using a wire stripper. Hold the wires parallel so the exposed ends are next to each other, twist them together clockwise with pl...
Remove the caps or wire nuts off of the wires. Strip the insulation from the insulated wires according to the strip gauge on the back of the outlet. Use you wire strippers or pliers to make a hook on the end of the ground wire so it can be attached to the ground screw of the outle...