Instructions for replacing the power outlet

How to change the sockets is theoretically known to everyone who studied in high school.

According to the order established by our ancestors, all the technically complex work in the house should be done by a man.

First of all it concerns the water supply and electrical wiring.

In a modern apartment a large number of electrical devices for different purposes are assembled.

Almost every device is plugged into a separate outlet. This connector is usually located in the wall. Electrical wiring is also laid inside the wall through special channels.

In the course of everyday life, wear of electrical equipment, including outlets, takes place. In this article, we'll talk about how to change the outlet.

Why is it necessary to change it?

The reasons for replacing the outlet may be very different.

Most often this is caused by the following circumstances:

• melted body;
• the wall mount is loose;
• requires a new design.

In order to replace the socket yourself at home, you need to know the location of the distribution switchboard.

Somewhere in a separate cabinet or on a shelf should be stored tools that you have to use from time to time.

The kit should have a screwdriver with interchangeable heads, an electric indicator, pliers and pliers. With the help of such an indicator, the presence of a "phase" and "zero" on the conductors of the wire is determined.

Removing a worn out

outlet Before you start, you need to prepare appropriately. The first step is to inspect the installation site yourself.

If the socket is completely loose and unfit for further use, then you will have to buy a new one.

After that, evaluate the place where the replacement will be performed. Before you start working in the apartment you need to turn off the electricity. It can happen that in the place where the connector is located it will be dark.

In this situation, there are two solutions - to replace the product in the daytime, or to use an autonomous light source. It can be a flashlight, a candle or a kerosene lamp.

It is preferable to perform work on replacing the socket or switch in the daytime, under sunlight. When the packet switch in the switchboard on the landing is switched off, you can start working.

The first thing to do is to inspect the built-in socket and remove the front panel. To do this, use a screwdriver with a cross or flat sting.

Fastening of the panel to the bracket is made with screws with different types of heads. The next step is to make sure that electricity is not being supplied to the sockets.

To this end, you need to touch the indicator alternately the contact sockets. A zero wire is suitable for one contact, and a phase for the other.

When the power is applied to the outlet, when the phase contact indicator touches the indicator, the lamp on the indicator lights up. Otherwise, it does not burn.

When working with current-carrying elements, a double voltage check must be done. This is the "iron" rule. After checking the line with the indicator, you can start working safely.

The next step is to loosen the terminal bolts on the contacts and disconnect the wires. Now you can loosen the bolts of the inner spacers and pull the outlet out of the box.

In practice, during installation, the outlet is not installed in a special box, but simply in a hole in the wall. Of course, this is a wrong decision.

Installing a new outlet

Very often before a citizen residing in an apartment, the question arises, how to change the outlet quickly and efficiently? So that it does not fall out of the hole in a week or two.

The task of this kind is easy to perform and requires only sequential execution of certain operations.

Practice shows that it is more convenient to install an overhead outlet on the walls of an individual wooden house. And the same switches.

Another thing is when the work is done in the apartment of a multi-storey building with concrete walls. In such structures, another method of fastening electrical connectors is used.

Attachment of

Subsidiary In this context, it should be noted that the installation of electric wiring in a large panel or brick house is carried out using specially developed technologies.

At a certain stage of development, the sockets were fixed to concrete walls with the help of dowels and screws. It was not easy to change them. Over time, another, more convenient solution was found.

A hole is drilled in the wall and a socket is installed in it. But to establish a little. It must be securely secured.

Many years of practice showed that during operation, the concrete surface of the hole is destroyed. To prevent the destruction of the hole is inserted metal or plastic podrozetnik.

Plastic products are more convenient and durable. And to change them, if necessary, is easier. Before changing the standard jar, you need to try it on the hole in the wall.

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Insert it and fix it. For this, a cement-sand mortar or gypsum-based mortar is used.

The solution must be mixed more tightly, so that it can hold the glass of the podrozetnik in the not frozen state. A lot of mixing is not necessary, but in such a way as to be enough to cover up the cracks around the glass.

It is necessary to install the sub-socket in place and align it flush with the wall surface. When the solution hardens, the work can be continued.

Attachment of the

outlet It is customary to install a double socket in each room. This is due to the fact that the modern house is full of electrical appliances.

When installing a double connector, you need to know what load the electrical wiring is designed for. So historically, that in multi-storey houses of panel type the wiring is made with aluminum.

Although for all SNIPs it is supposed to be laid with copper. Such a substitution is made in order to save, and it justifies itself.

When installing the outlet, you need to determine if the length of the wires sticking out of the wall is enough to fix them in the clamps. If they are too long, then do not bite them, but push them into the hole.

The next step from the new outlet is to remove the front panel. The ends of the wires are inserted into the contact terminals and clamped with screws.

The video shows the process of fastening aluminum wires in the terminals and fixing the product in the jar.

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Experts recommend to connect the "phase" wire to the right terminal, and "zero" to the left.

The design is inserted into the socket, aligned and fixed by the upper and lower screws. The final step is to secure the front panel of the device and supply electricity.

Now you need to test it for operation. The reliability of fastening should be checked, including and disconnecting the iron or other electrical appliance.

The video shows the process of installing an old-fashioned outlet that is attached to a concrete wall of the house without any podrozetnik. To change such a product is even easier than a new type of socket.

It is attached using spacers. In an apartment with brick walls, it is preferable to install it together with a juniper.

Specialists in the installation of electrical equipment do not provide universal installation methods.

Before changing the double socket, in each specific case it is necessary to evaluate the state of the hole in which it will be installed. And in accordance with this, prepare tools and other materials.

Nuances and subtleties of

In a modern apartment, electrical appliances, including switches, must withstand the optimum load. Practice shows that all equipment has a high degree of reliability.

However, the time is coming and the same outlet should be changed, since it no longer holds in its place. Someone prefers to call an electrician on duty and do not rack their brains.

A significant majority of tenants successfully eliminate the resulting malfunction. It is not so difficult to change a worn out socket or switch yourself.

Possessing the skill of servicing electrical networks and devices, you can save your money well.

You need to know that each operation when replacing the outlet is evaluated at a certain rate. And if you change the switch or the socket with your own hands, then you do not have to spend money.

The video shows a minimal set of tools that is needed to change the outlet or switch.

It is desirable to include the following items in the kit:

• voltage indicator;
• screwdrivers with nozzles of different profiles;
• pliers with insulated handles;
• cutting pliers;
• stationery knife.

When you need to change the outlet or switch, this will be quite enough.