Cheap and easy desktop electric outlet

Step 4 Wire up the outlet.

Strip the wires enough to work with. Then wire them to the electrical outlet. The outlet will have directions on which wire to hook up to where. There are screws on the outlet that you wrap the wires around then tighten down. Easy work.

Comments

[cfishy]

Which wire goes where? (also, maybe you can use something other than live power to do testing before hooking it up.)

[RetroPlayer]

I'm not sure this is true for every outlet, but all of the ones I have worked with have colored screws. Green for ground, silver for white, and usually a darker metal for the black. Most outlets also have spring clips in the back that you can simply push the wire into, instead of the screws on the sides. Those are usually labeled, as well.

[altontoth]

Absolutely right, however, those stab holes aren't meant for stranded wire. This is a pretty nice instructable though. Simple, easy, and to the point.

[RetroPlayer]

You really shouldn't be using stranded wire for something like this anyway. Just dangerous.

[BlackHatCracker]

It is AC current, so as a norm it really wont matter unless you are wiring a house... But yes RetroPlayer, you have it completely correct.