I am replacing an electrical outlet that currently has 3 white and 3 black wires plus the ground wire. The bad outlet has 3 holes already in it for each of the wires but my new outlet does not, there are only 2 holes and/or the 2 screw on each side. How do I install this new outlet? Do I need to do the pigtail here?
The question needs clarification. Sorry from what I understand now you have a so called plug.We pros call it a duplex receptacle. Real pros don't like to push in wires into the spring holes. We use so called wire nuts (marrets). ,Make a joint with 2 of the 3 black wires and make a so called pigtail 1 piece of wire about 5 .and screw it onto 1 of the 2 screws.(The darker one of the 2 screws) The remaining 3 rd black wire screw directly onto the other dark screw. Do the same with the white wires.and wire them onto the lighter screws. To check if you did it right look at the front part of the plug. The newer plugs have 3 openings where you plug things in. 1 slit opening for the Hot wire.It is the smaller one.1 slit the larger one for the neutral. and the round one for the ground. If you really want to do it like a pro make sure the rounded hole is at the bottom . I hope this helps.
=== the back side wire holes are for 14 gauge wire and the screws hold the 12 gauge wire and the green screws are for the ground wires == if all six [6] wires are in the wall and are not jumpers then you may be dealing with two separate circuits on two di
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For the best answers, search on this site https://shorturl.im/awtUt Try this. take the plug out of the box, so that just the 7 wires are hanging there. Of course, your power is off before you do this. Take the 3 white wires and twist all their copper ends together. Then flip the breaker on. If the breaker does not trip, most likely those white wire are all neutral. If the breaker does trip, one of those white wires is being used as a hot (black) wire. If the breaker did not trip, turn the breaker off again. Now twist all 3 black wires together, flip the breaker on. If the breaker does not trip, the black wires all belong together. If the breaker does trip now, one or two of the black wires is being used as a neutral or is coming from a different source, such as another breaker or going through the outlet to somewhere else in the house. If the breakers don't trip either time, all black wires belong together and go on the brass screw of the outlet (or the side with the small opening). All the white wires go on the silver screw (or large opening of the plug). If it doesn't work, you will need an electrical tester to find out which wires are hot or wires that don't belong together because they may be a different voltage. Don't want to confuse you but there may be 220 volts in the plug between 2 of the black wires.
