I am running a new 15 amp breaker to 2 new outlets. I wired the first outlet black to brass, white to silver and bare copper to the green screw in the metal box. I then took a new length of wire and connected to my first outlet bottom screws the same way white to silver black to brass an bare copper to the other green screw in the box. then ran the wire to the second outlet and connected it the same way as the other. when i hook up the breaker and restore power the breaker trips. i don't know what i have done wrong Someone please help
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Well, first of all--double check your wiring. If you're sure this is correct , carefully watch the wires as you push the receptacles back into the box. Better yet, leave the receptacles hanging out and then switch the breaker on. Still tripping? You're gonna need a multi-meter to check to see if your black lead is going to ground or neutral. You may have skinned the insulation back on your wire(s) and didn't realize it. Could be a bad receptacle out of the box but I doubt it. This should be a relatively simple fix. Step away and give your brain a break and give it another shot. Methinks you're probably going to end up chuckling when you find the problem. Hope this was helpful.
The ground wire should be attached to the actual ground screw on the outlet as well, so you should be coming into box one wired just as you have it with white to silver screw and black to the brass colored screw. The ground should enter the box, wrap around the ground screw in the box, and then attach to the ground screw on the outlet itself. If you are going to the next box, all your connections are the same in there as you mentioned, except the ground needs to be continued into box 2 the same way, from the ground screw in box one ( under the screw in the box) to the screw in box 2, and then to the ground screw on the outlet. My guess is that somewhere in your wiring you have a hot connector too near or touching a ground and that is where your problem is. It could be a staple that is too tight and has pierced the outer casing of the Romex and connects the hot conductor with the ground wire INSIDE the romex outer casing. Check any staples from the box all the way through to box one and then to box two. Use a pair of pliers to loosen all staples a little ( the wire should be able to slightly slide under the casing without catching. I am assuming that in the panel you have hooked the black wire to the breaker screw, the white wire and bare wire to their buss bars inside the panel. One of these will find the short that is causing your breaker to trip.
the bare copper (ground) wires need to be connected together, along with a pigtail that attaches to the green screw. you may have done this, but the way its worded, sounds like each is seperate. Assuming all is good above, you may have stripped too much off of one of the wires and, as you are fastening the outlet (receptacle) to the box, it is coming in contact with the ground wires. A couple other ideas might be: in the main panel, make sure you wired just black to the breaker, white ground to the grounding pole (all the others are there as well). There is no cut in the wire that you ran from main panel, or from outlet to outlet?
unhook the second out let, test it I noticed you hooked the bare wire to the green screw in the breaker box, your grounding the out let put it on the silver bar, with the white wire
