How Do You Wire Sequential 120-Volt Duplex Receptacles?
Whenever you are performing your own home improvements, like turning the garage into a game room or finishing the basement, you may eventually have to decide how you are going to run the electricity into the room. For instance, one of the questions you will have to answer is how many receptacles you are going to need. The general rule is that any wall over 2 feet long needs a receptacle and there should be a receptacle placed every 12 feet around the perimeter of the room. So once you figure out how many you are going to need, you will then have to learn how to wire sequential 120-volt duplex receptacles. No worries, that is why we are here to help! For this exercise we are going to cover the wiring of the receptacles, so in essence, the rough-in is already complete and the wire has already been fished through to each wall box. Sequential wiring of this type typically uses 12/2 wire and basically the next receptacle in the line is being fed from the one before it. Make sure that the ci
