Easy And Simple Way For Installing The Outlet Box In The Cabinet
If you want to add or install an outlet box in your cabinet yourself, you can do so very easily. Simply follow the below-mentioned steps carefully and achieve the desired result of your task:
- Turn Off The Power: The first and the foremost thing to do is to turn off the power of the circuits that user will be working on from the home's circuit breaker panel.
- Remove The Screws: The next step is to remove the screws from the cover of the existing outlet that is located below the cabinet where the user wants to install the new outlet. Loosen as well as remove the screws at the top and at the bottom of the outlet, then pull the outlet out of the gang box as far as the user can.
- Drill A Hole: Through the back of the cabinet drill a hole, the hole should also get through the wall behind, exactly at the spot where the user wants to mount the new outlet.
- Fish A Wire: Now in this step the user needs to fish a wire all the way down the wall until the user reaches the existing gang box. Tape down the end of a length of cable to the wire and then pull up the wire through the wall to the hole that was drilled. The user needs to pull the wire about three inches out of the hole at the top.
- Cut The Wire: Cut down the wire to the length at the bottom as well as remove half an inch of insulation from both the ends of the black as well as white wires in the cable. Wrap down the black wire around the brass screw that is on the switch and the white wire with the silver screw. Then gently push the outlet back in the gang box and then screw it in place.
- Feed The Wire: In the cabinet feed the wire exactly in the rear opening of a metal gang box. Secure the gang box on the back wall of the cabinet and then screw it to the wall using the wood screws that are placed into the screw holes in the gang box.
- Attach: To the brass and silver screws of the new outlet attach the black and white wires. Secure the outlet in the box and then attach it with screws. Place the outlet cover. At last, switch the power on in order to use the outlet.