jsbin99
Nov 8, 2009, 09:00 PM
So I have an existing wire(ground,black&white wire) hanging along the dryway in my garage and I am trying to install a new 4 plug outlet on an adjacent wall.
I have shut off the breaker, spliced into the wires, added an external box(mounted on the outside of the drywall) and then ran wires along the wall to a new 4 plug box (this is the new box I'm trying to install)
So, in the box, where the existing wires are I cut black, peel back some of the insulation and then add the new (romex) black wire along with the wire I just cut, therefore having 3 black ends twisted together and finished off with a wire nut, same thing for the white and ground wires.
In the new 4 plug box I attached the black wire to the plug, the white wire, also and then attach the ground, then I take about 6" of wire and attach the one 2plug outlet to the other 2 plug outlet, same as before by attaching black to the side of one plug, then the other plug, same with white and ground.
When I turn on the breaker, smoke came out of the new outlet and now nothing works at all. Did I blow something at my breaker box? How can I fix this?
<cleaned up a bit line breaks = KISS>
I have shut off the breaker, spliced into the wires, added an external box(mounted on the outside of the drywall) and then ran wires along the wall to a new 4 plug box (this is the new box I'm trying to install)
So, in the box, where the existing wires are I cut black, peel back some of the insulation and then add the new (romex) black wire along with the wire I just cut, therefore having 3 black ends twisted together and finished off with a wire nut, same thing for the white and ground wires.
In the new 4 plug box I attached the black wire to the plug, the white wire, also and then attach the ground, then I take about 6" of wire and attach the one 2plug outlet to the other 2 plug outlet, same as before by attaching black to the side of one plug, then the other plug, same with white and ground.
When I turn on the breaker, smoke came out of the new outlet and now nothing works at all. Did I blow something at my breaker box? How can I fix this?
<cleaned up a bit line breaks = KISS>