Electrical outlet

nickhub

I have an outdoor non GFCI (protected before this outlet in the circuit) outlet. It has 2 black/2white and ground wires, I want to add an outlet farther doown the house from this outlet so there will be 3 blacks/3whites and ground. What is the best way to hook these wores up/ Thanks

bobelectric

Nick,call an Electrician.

AltaSparky

Pigtail the wires, or put 3 under the receptacle.

sublime2

You could leave current receptacle as is and back stab the 3 rd white and black.of course twist all grounds together.

Jim Port

If this is a 120 volt 15 or 20 amp receptacle the OP needs to install GFI protection.

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sublime2

OP states he has GFCI in the circuit prior to this outlet.
Does that not provide the protection or is it because it is outside it needs to be a GFCI regardless?

AltaSparky

His receptacle is already GFI protected.

Jim Port

Sorry for the confusion. I read it as non-GFI protected, not non-GFI (protected upstream).

As long as it is wired from the LOAD terminals of the GFI it would be fine.

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nickhub

It is my understanding that only one wire per each screw on the outlet is allowed. I have seen on another site where the wiring was to pigtail all 3 wires and then only attach the one pigtail to the outlet. Grounding i understand. Is it OK to pigtail from outlet to 2 of the wires (ie 2 black, 2 white) and put the other (1 black, 1 white) directly on the other screws on the outlet?

Thanks for your help