As I was moving into my new home, I noticed something about a bunch of the electrical outlets. For some reason they were all loose! This was not good. I asked my landlord to replace them, he said that he would send some one over to do it right away. Slight problem with that though, it was several months ago when I was promised that. So, I got tired of waiting, and decided to do it on my own. Here is what I did, and how you yourself can do it. Here is how you can do your own electrical work, and save a bundle in both time and money. After all, why wait when you can do it yourself.
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Outlets come with removable tabs that can be removed when the outlets are on 2 different circuits (ie laundry room) or 1 outlet is always on, and the other controlled by a switch.
Check the old outlet to see if there is a piece of metal connecting the two brass screws. If not, then break the tab away on the new outlet by moving the end of the tab back and forth (front and back of outlet) using a pair of pliers.
If the original outlet was the wires going into the back of the outlet, they can be released by inserted a small flatblade screwdriver into the slot near the holes where the wires go in.
When putting wires around the screws, they should wrap clockwise around the screw so tightening the screw pulls the wire in.
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