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staze
Jul 7, 2010, 11:48 PM
All,

I have an odd one. I have a receptacle in a room that seems to have 1 feed coming up from the breaker, and two feeds that are daisy chained off it to other receptacles in the house.

The current (old) outlet from the late 70's handles this fine since it's got 4 hot, 4 neutral, push-in's. The new receptacle I purchased only has 2 hot screws/push-ins, and 2 neutrals.

Is pigtail-ing my only option, or am I safe using two sets of screws, and one set of push-ins?

Thanks!

ballengerb1
Jul 8, 2010, 08:18 AM
Yes you can use both the screws and the push ins. A pig tail works too. Never put more than one wore on one screw.

staze
Jul 8, 2010, 10:15 AM
Cool, thanks!

I knew the 1 wire rule, but I couldn't think of why I I couldn't use both.

Again, thanks a lot!