My wall outlet has 2 black wires and 2 white (2 are the power in and 2 provide power out to another outlet). Can I use this receptacle?
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Just be certain that you don't have an outlet with separately switched receptacles. My outlets in my bedroom are switched on the upper receptacle, and always on for the lower. You will know because daisy chained outlets will have all the blacks tied together and all the whites tied together. Switched outlets will have each black and each white going to a different location on the outlet.
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The black wires are the hot wires, the white are neutral. If you are not familiar with 110VAC, call an electrician, it will work if there is room in your wallbox for the wires.
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If you have the black wires attached to the gold screws and 2 are attached to the silver screws you are fine. the black and white wires from the power supply side need to be attached to the line side of the new outlet. (it should say this on the back of the new outlet) and the other 2 are to be attached to the Load side of the outlet. Remember that the black go to gold side and the white go to the silver side do not cross them.
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If you also have bare copper (ground wire) then yes, you can replace your current outlet with this one without issue. You would need to remove the current outlet, then use wire nuts to connect all black (2 existing and a new one coming out of this outlet, same for white) together, another to connect all 3 whites together, and a 3rd to connect the grounds together. The Ground wire coming out of this outlet is a green wire, this would connect to the bare copper ground wires that are connected you your existing outlet.
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Yes, you will use the included wire nuts to connect your two existing wires of the same color to the wires that are on the device.
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I haven't tried it, but think you can by setting the same dip switch position on both the two receptacles and the switch. You can confirm by calling the manufacturer customer support @ 1-800-858-8501
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yes 2. one wire in back for normal plug in. also one port in front in case your other devise has wire. works out great.
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N - NeutralL - LiveYou will need a multimeter to see which wire coming from the wall outlet is Live and which one is Neutral. There are several videos on YouTube which show you how to do it.
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Yes. You have have 2 AC Outlets and 1 USB Port. Should do the trick for you.
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It doesn't fit into a two prong outlets. You have to upgrade your two prong outlets to a three prong outlets.
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I just use it to control two lamp/bulb switches and a wall switch. There is no reason it would not work for receptacle outlets. As long as it is Zwave.
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Yes, I believe so. I can plug two of these into one outlet, if that is what you mean. (one on top of the other). The switch to turn on or off is on the side so you can still access it.
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Hard wired to back of a existing socket. Wife didn't want the wires to show. Shouldn't be a problem using a two prong plug.
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the outlet can go either way but make sure the black and white wires are connected to the proper screw on the outlet. (black to brass and white to silver)
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Most likely one of the outlets is turned on by a wall switch, hence the extra wire. If you have a switch that you can't figure out what it is for, it may be one of the power wires to that outlet (either red or black, most likely red).
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You can use this switch in an installation with only 2 wires. I have used a few of these devices over many years. While they are very handy, to me they seem to be fragile and sometimes die during/after a storm. I like them because they work in a normal wall box.Allen
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Turn the power off and twist the two hots together, twist the two neutrals together, and wire nut the leads off the outlet to the twisted wires. The little orange wire nuts won't be big enough, so you will have to get different wire nuts. The neutral could still have a load on it, if it is shared with another circuit, so you might be better off hiring an electrician to change it out for you.
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Hi Dave, If the circuit is already protected by a GFCI then yes you can use a Power2U but if the GFCI is on the outlet its self(it has the two buttons) then no.
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It is very close. You will have to use to bottom receptacle. You should be able to plug in with a two prong plug but a three prong plug might not be able to access the receptacle.
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Not unless your voltage is more than 110v.,or the wall receptacles are configured differently from the cord plug.
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yes. it has a regular 2 prompts on the other side to be used on a regular electric outlet.