A bathroom wall outlet had gotten to the point that it wasn’t holding the hairdryer and curler plugs in place. This post describes the duplex outlet replacement.
I started by turning off the circuit breaker.
The wires were pushed into the back of the duplex outlet. Removing them was done by pushing a suitable small screwdriver into the slots adjacent to the wires and then pulling the wires free.
The copper in the old wires were black when removed from the outlet, but there was no sign of overheating. This sort of corrosion is often associated with moisture and chemical exposure. A quick sanding-off cleaned up the wire ends.
The old outlet was examined to see if the tabs that electrically connect the top and bottom outlet plugs were in place or removed. The inspection showed that the connectors were there, so they were left installed on the new outlet.
The wires were installed one at a time into the new duplex outlet.
The outlet was visually plumbed and screwed back into the electrical box.
The decorative outer cover was screwed on.
The finished outlet holds appliance plugs firmly. ~Chuck
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