- 1). Measure and cut a 6-inch section of electrical wire that is the same color and gauge as the wires needing to attach to the receptacle/switch's terminal. Use wire strippers to strip off three-eighths of an inch of plastic coating from each end of the 6-inch wire -- ground wire will be bare.
- 2). Hold one end of the 6-inch wire section together with the ends of the wires needing to connect to the terminal. Screw a wire nut onto the bare wire ends, making sure all parts of the bare copper ends are inside the nut.
- 3). Bend the 6-inch wire section's remaining end into a hook shape, if it is to connect to the terminal screw; use long-nosed pliers. Place it around the terminal screw's shank, and tighten the screw to the wire with a screwdriver. However, if the wire will attach to the receptacle/switch via the terminal insert hole, the wire does not need to be bent, but merely pushed into the hole.
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