How Electricians MAKE-READY a Receptacle

The rip-out stage of a rough-in is most peoples' favorite. It's the point where you know you've gotten everything done and it's ready to get all of the wires finalized and prepped for inspection.

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Ripping out is a rather easy task but each type of device, or group of devices will get handled differently. For example, a receptacle will be dealt with differently than a 3-way switch in how the conductors need to be tied together or paired up and folded into the box.

The whole idea with the rip-out phase is to get all of the conductors prepped so that in a month or two when there's sheetrock up, you can come back and put in devices. When you come back a person should be able to walk up to a device location, grab the conductors and pull them out, and understand immediately what kind of device needs to be installed. This becomes much more important with multi-gang switches where you have combinations of single-pole, three-way, and four-way switches all sharing a box.

For ripping out receptacles, I rip the sheathing off of the Romex (Type NM Cable) and get the paper inserts cut off. Then I take the blacks and whites and fold them up out of my way. I then grab the grounds (equipment grounding conductors) and twist them together so they're twisted for a good 4-5 inches outside of the box before cutting one of the ends off. I put a green wire nut on the joint to keep the conductors firmly together and fold it into the back of the box so it's out of the way. Finally, I match the remaining blacks (hots) and whites (neutrals) up with the bare grounds and accordion them neatly into the box - cutting off any excess so the conductors are only long enough to stick out of the box 6-8 inches.

Then it's on to the next one. Pretty simple right? Just make sure that you do it the way that you like and that you know why you do it the way you do. If you fold your wires so that the whites are on the left and the blacks are on the right, cool. Just do you, and do it the same every time.

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[SierraGolfFoxtrot]

Would like to see a 30 or 40 minute episode on troubleshooting at its best, test with electrical meters, ideal circuit tracers, where to find problems with all kinds of switches, transformers, generators, and inside breaker panels! Keep up the great work!

[topherdevoe]

You can always tell new school vs old school interpretation of "leaving enough slack" example: changing out an outlet with wires shorter than my nose hair. Definitely an ol timer thing

[TheAdamballah]

Thank you for the video. I really appreciate how you are describing your traits of folding the wires to the left and the little details. It teaches how to have craftsmanship.

[JR]

Hey Dustin, Would like to see how you deal with a packed box. Recently refitted an older house with smart switches that use pigtail leads rather than terminals on the device. Fitting all that mess in to a 3-gang box (with 3 smart switches) was a nightmare getting it all packed in. Would like to see how a pro does this. Great vids!

[brassman]

Where I’m from we don’t use the outlets as splice points. I always make individual joints for each conductor. Then you aren’t relying on the outlets in case there’s a heavy load on the circuit.

[richseifert]

Dustin, you’re why I subscribed. I wish every tradesman gave a shit as much as you do. You’re a great teacher, a master of the craft and have a great sense of humor. Please don’t stop. More, more, more!

[leviasay]

Thanks for making this short and simple, I've been looking ALL OVER youtube for this!

[kinkarngw]

hey, your vids got me into electrical and im now two years into my apprenticeship. Single gang boxes I have dialed and looking good but my two gangs look like a 12 year old does them still. Please do a close up on one of those.

[dadtothebone]

How do you mark your gfi line side. I strip the line side so it's easy to identify in the finals

[seephor]

What do you think about keeping a service loop of cable before entering the box in case you want to move the box or the conductors in the box become damaged and you need more cable?

[woodbean]

Hey, Dustin, thanks for the great videos. I'd love to see you put out some videos on replacing/dealing with knob-and-tube.

[tpgoat]

Hate working in boxes where the grounds are all twisted together all the way into the back of the box. We also tail out all of our device boxes. That way the only load going through the screw terminals of the device is the load at that device. It makes for a more long term solid connection.

[motly]

I cut my boxes the exact same way, except I use ground crimps verses wire nuts. Nice work!

[Penfold]

What are your thoughts on wagos and using pigtails?

[JasonEDragon]

As an owner of an old house I've come to prefer no twisting or crimping of wires. Every year I seem to add a couple outlets or smart switches and I've come to dislike the need to untwist and straighten out wires. Now I'm happy to pay more for Wagos to be used just to make future modifications easier and neater.

[scottgrafer]

We pigtail and cap all conductors at this stage so we don't have to find a piece of wire later, just our thing. We don't use the device for splicing ever.

[helensaunders]

In my bathroom there is a fan control, and 2 switches; one for the vanity light and one for the light in the shower all in the same box. There are actually 5 wires coming into the box. I figure one is power in (home run), and each switch has a wire, but I can’t figure out what the other wire is for. All this is on 1 breaker. I installed a new fan and a new control came with it that I want to install. It has 4 wires, R, G, B, W. All the white wires in the box have been capped off together. All of the grounds have been attached to each screw in the back and cut off. My first question is do I undo the bundle of white wires, take one out to wire to my new control, then re-bundle the whites? My second question is about attaching the ground wire. Do I just attach it to the existing screw where the incoming ground is attached? Any suggestions? If I could add a photo here I would.

[KinGDesertEagle]

The title was super misleading. i thought by "ripping out " you meant eliminating the outlets lol. We call it cutting in or tying in.

[turboflush]

How do you handle them when they come in from opposite sides (top bottom)? Make one meet up with other?

[gt]

Hahah good advise bro, I like to sign my work as well. Everyone on site can tell if I run the wire or set up for finishing details. And they do sure call me out when I mess up hahah. Love the content bro!