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HowardPM

02:01PM | 08/26/12
Member Since: 12/31/03
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Electrical outlet Wires

Tags: Electrical & Lighting
So going through my bedroom replacing electrical outlets. All of them had 2 blacks, 2 whites and a ground except for 1 duplex outlet that only had 1 white and 1 black and a ground. I tested the outlet when I finished and it worked but interested in why it only had 2 wires instead of 4.

LarryG

03:34PM | 08/26/12
Member Since: 07/22/04
661 lifetime posts
Because it was the end of run.
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