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Tools & Equipment for Wiring an Electrical Outlet
GFCI & Standard Electrical Outlets
Installing 15-amp & 20-amp Electrical Outlets
Picking Electrical Outlet Locations
Cutting a Hole for an Electrical Outlet
Drilling a Hole in the Ceiling or Floor for an Electrical Outlet
Feeding Wires Through the Wall for an Electrical Outlet
Turning Off the Power When Wiring an Electrical Outlet
Stripping Electrical Wires to Install an Electrical Outlet
Installing an Electrical Outlet Box
Wiring an Electrical Outlet
Installing the Ground Fault Interrupter on an Electrical Outlet
Wiring an Outlet to an Electrical Box
Testing Electrical Outlets for Connectivity
Testing the Electrical Outlet Source Box
Summary: Cutting a hole for a new electrical outlet can be tricky, learn how to install and wire a new electrical outlet with expert tips and advice on home improvement in this free video.
George Finn is an expert in mechanical systems. He has a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a licensed engineer and licensed home...read more
" Hi I am Drew Fendy, master home inspector. I have been inspecting for over 24 years. Today we are going to describe how to install an electrical receptacle for Expertvillage.com. Okay, mark out where the box is so we can cut in. We know where the studs are. We found them before and marked them on the wall so we are going to situate the box here. Now we make sure it is vertical and we do not want it to be crooked later. So you can use the leveler or if you are really good eye, you can set it up and mark the edges where we have got to cut through and here we do not get all the way through so I just use this as a template. Okay, so we will be taking the center portion out, insert that in there. Cut straight up the other corner that will come out and we can cut this way too. We fit the box in, perfect fit, ready to go."
eHow Article: Cutting a Hole for an Electrical Outlet
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oldhandyman said
on 8/2/2008 You make cutting out the hole for an electric box look so easy, but everytime I tried it the hole was either lopsided or not level. I recently ran across a set of tools that solved my problems and might be of interest to your viewers.
I use my spiral saw a lot and these tools are template kits made to guide a spiral saw for making cut ins for electric boxes and also for speakers. They work great and include a built in level so that even I can do professional looking work.
oldhandyman
The templates are available at the cutzout.com website.