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Truthseeker

01-19-2013 09:28 PM

Any electricians in the house? outlet question

Trying to change my outlets to newer ones for decor reasons. I changed out one outlet that bottom outlet is switched control while top is not but with new one in the switch wouldn't work, would just stay on. Put old one back in and switch to bottom outlet worked fine. Is there special outlets for switch controlled?

Thanks.

Sweet Pea

01-19-2013 09:33 PM

Re: Any electricians in the house? outlet question

Not an electrician, but we had this happen one time. When comparing the old plug with the new one, we saw that there were some tabs that needed to be broken (for lack of a better term) off. Look online also to verify my info. The following video shows it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgwSCcUDSaI

Monterrey

01-20-2013 04:08 AM

Re: Any electricians in the house? outlet question

Gotta break tabs off. Then wire bottom plug to switch circuit.

Timmy

01-20-2013 10:49 AM

Re: Any electricians in the house? outlet question

Or just have a friend fix it for ya.

http://groomsadvice.com/wp-content/u...03/toolman.jpg

houston

01-20-2013 11:21 AM

Re: Any electricians in the house? outlet question

I don't think so, Tim.

Truthseeker

01-20-2013 12:34 PM

Re: Any electricians in the house? outlet question

Thanks for the tip about cutting outlet tab. everything works now.

Old Paths

01-20-2013 12:55 PM

Re: Any electricians in the house? outlet question

See...

This forum isn't totally useless..............

:D

hometown guy

01-20-2013 12:56 PM

Re: Any electricians in the house? outlet question

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Paths (Post 1215782)

See...

This forum is totally useless..............

:D

Lol

Cindy

01-20-2013 01:15 PM

Re: Any electricians in the house? outlet question

Try AFF for all your shopping needs. Free parking.

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