Top Notch Wiring Two Receptacles In One Box

Sometimes you may open a receptacle box and discover that there are three cables not just one or two.

Wiring two receptacles in one box. Three wire cable runs into the box. The only question would be on the box fill calculation if they are fed from separate circuits and then have additional devices on their load side a deep box may be needed. All wires are spliced with a pigtail at the devices to pass current to the next.

The load terminals on the gfci are not used and it does not protect the other receptacles in the circuit. It s also not a good idea to direct wire all three cables to the receptacle by utilizing. In this case one cable is the line incoming power and the other two are load cables feeding downstream devices.

In my case i m doing it so that i can have more power available on the. Cover the two single pole light switch device with an outlet cover plate. Never connect more than one wire under a single screw terminal.

Gfci s must have dedicated neutral connections to work. How to with sam. If both gfci s are fed from the same circuit and no or 1 cable feeding additional devices you should be fine.

The only appropriate way to wire a receptacle in a box with three cables is to use pigtails to connect the receptacles. Wiring 2 outlets with 2 sources. Wire or rewire multiple outlets in one box.

Push the device and the wires inside the gang box and attach it at the top and the bottom of the box with the screws provided with the device. Connect the first outlet in the box. A double gang box will be able to hold 2 separate gfci outlets.