How to install a socket yourself

To install an outlet indoors, you need to prepare special tools. It is also necessary to prepare a workplace, namely the wall. If there are tiles glued to the wall, they must be removed in the place where the outlet is supposed to be installed. If there is wallpaper on the wall, it must also be removed. Once the wall is prepared, you can begin to work.
How to install a socket yourself

Socket installation process


1. The first step is to prepare a working tool. To do this, you should put a special cylindrical attachment on the drill - a concrete bit.
How to install a socket yourself

2. We mark the place where the new outlet will be located. Using a drill, we make a recess in the wall of the required diameter. The depth of the hole should correspond to the box in which the wires will be located.
How to install a socket yourself

3. Next, you need to supply wires with electricity to the existing hole for the socket. To do this, select a nearby working outlet. We remove the protective casing from the working outlet (at the same time, we turn off the switch in the distribution panel in advance). Then we make a recess for the wires from the working outlet to the future one.
How to install a socket yourself

4. Connect the wires of the required length to the working socket.And then we lay the wires along the gutter to the future outlet.
How to install a socket yourself

5. Seal the wires in the gutter using putty.
How to install a socket yourself

6. Install a plastic junction box into the hole located in the wall. We bring the wires out through the box.
How to install a socket yourself

7. The space for the outlet has been prepared, so you need to think about designing the space around the outlet. In this case, wallpaper will be pasted on the wall. Therefore, already at this stage you should paste wallpaper around the outlet so that in the future everything will look beautiful and harmonious. When wallpapering, the ends of the wiring must be insulated to prevent the possibility of electric current.
How to install a socket yourself

8. To carry out further work, the socket must be completely disassembled. To do this, remove the top cover of the socket by unscrewing the bolt in the middle. After this, we disassemble the socket into parts.
How to install a socket yourself

9. We clean the ends of the power wires for better contact. Then we connect the power wires to the corresponding terminals of the socket.
How to install a socket yourself

How to install a socket yourself

10. Install the socket in the box.
How to install a socket yourself

11. Fix the socket body from the inside and outside.
How to install a socket yourself

How to install a socket yourself

12. All that remains is to put the plastic decorative edging on the body. To do this, first put on the base of the edging and hold it with your hand.
How to install a socket yourself

13. Then install the core and secure the entire socket structure using the central bolt.
How to install a socket yourself

14. The work on installing the socket is ready, you can connect electricity and use this socket.
How to install a socket yourself
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Comments (2)
  1. Guest Igor
    #1 Guest Igor Guests 30 May 2018 10:46
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    I understand everything, but why do 5(!) wires go to the outlet? I can understand 3 wires, phase, neutral, ground, but what is the purpose of two more wires?
  2. Guest Alex
    #2 Guest Alex Guests 25 January 2019 13:08
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    Why 4 wires?