How to Find the Breaker's Load Side in an Electrical Box
An electrical box contains a line side, a load side and a number of breakers that control the electricity to certain parts of your home, such as the kitchen or the bathroom. The load side of the electrical box contains the wires that feed electricity to your home, while the line side takes electricity from your source of electricity. You need to find the load side of your electrical box if you want to add a new wire to your home. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Open your electrical box and look at the breakers.
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Open the panel over the breakers so you can see the wires that feed into the breakers and the wires that feed out of the breakers.
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Locate the black wires that feed into the breakers. These are the load side wires of your electrical box.
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