stansangelxxx
East Elmhurst, NY
August 11, 2007
1:27 PM | Whilst probably a small feat for most people on this forum, I replaced an outlet today in my house that hadn't been working. It was really, really old and when I opened it up it was full of dust and concrete and the paper around the black and white cord was just crumbling.
Now it is replaced and working! Horay!
But just to make sure I didn't burn the house down... I know I have the correct wires attached to the correct screws... but why are there 2 silver screws and 2 gold screws when there is only one white and one black wire? That means two of the screws aren't used? Also, there was no ground wire to be found... hope that's okay? Lastly, I cleaned out all the dust and debris... but is that crumbling paper a problem? I removed what I could...
Thanks! |