I have an electrical outlet in my basement family room on a wall made with drywall. I want to 'flip' the box so that it is facing the furnace room. There's no drywall on that side, so I have access to the box and the stud it's nailed to. I just want to cut the power, (check again that the power is off!) pull the nails out, turn the box 180 degrees and renail to the stud. I've got enough slack in the wires.Can I do that?
You have the space to do it and enough wire to prevent any harm. Just flip it to the opposite wall. No harm will come of it as long as the wires do not loosen or come into contact with one another. Once you have flipped it, re-tighten the lugs.
Yes, you can do it. You just need to be sure that the wires inside the box are correctly and tightly connected when you're done.
Yes, you can easily do that. Just make certain the wires stay in place in the outlet, and that the grounding wire remains properly connected.
I was gonna say sure BUT THEN I AM THINKING to do that you have to undo the wiring to flip it and retighten the nuts back on the same wires. Meaning a pair of pliers is your friend here.if the wires are twisted together and then nutted. Which is a great big hassle. I would be tempted more to draw the power from another outlet in the furnace room and drill a bunch of holes in the 2x4s and run a line from that outlet to the other. or even stealing power from the light and string it down(however in that case the outlet may not work unless the light switch is ON (not the best option but doable and safe) Or, if you can run a separate breaker in the fuse box just for that wire. Or if that outlet is used very little in the family room just run another wire out connected with larger nuts as you are adding another wire to each line and put the box where you want. comfort wise for plugging things in. The only reason all the plugs are 12 inches off the ground is because that is how long the electricians hammer was when he roughed in the boxes.
