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WHAT IS AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET?

Electrical Outlets
-Also known as outlets, electrical sockets, plugs and wall
plugs
-It allows the electric equipment to connect to the electrical
grid.

The electrical grid provides alternating current to the outlet.

Mary Jane G. Macasaysay
The two sides of an electrical outlet represent part of a ‘loop of
wire’ and plugging an electrical device into that outlet completes
that loop, which allow the electricity to flow through the device so it
can operate.
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Switched Outlet

20A Switched
It is a receptacle that includes
Outlets
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Outlets
one outlet and a switch that
With 20A circuits and 20A outlets, we can use more
power-hungry devices without the breaker tripping. Because
turns it on and off.
they can support more load compared to most other outlets.
• Kitchen
• Laundry Room
• Garages

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USB Outlet Smart Outlet

USB
A kind of outlet that have two
Smart
It is like a regular outlet but
Outlets
regular outlet receptacles but
squeeze in two USB ports for
Outlets
can be controlled from your
smartphone. This means it
charging mobile phones. can be turned on and off
from just about anywhere.

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GFCI Ground Fault Arc Fault

Circuit Circuit
Interrupter Interrupter
AFCI

POLARIZATION
• Most outlets are polarized for safety. Polarized
plugs can only be inserted into them one way
(which seems annoying, but is actually an
important safety feature).
• The neutral is connected by a wire to ground, so
its voltage is 0 V. Instead, the hot slot supplies
the voltage required to draw current, and when
a plug is inserted into the socket, the energy
flows in from the hot slot, through the circuit, and
ends at the neutral, which disperses the energy
into the ground.
• The benefit of polarization is that polarized
plugs can only be inserted in one orientation, so
the switch to turn any device connected to the
socket on or off can be built into the hot lead.
GROUNDING
• The grounding wire is connected much like
the neutral, as it also connects to a
grounded neutral tie block.
• The grounding slot is important for devices
with a metallic casing or metal-cased
power supply, like computers.
• The grounding wire is directly connected
to the casing of the device and will
neutralize the risk of shock by diverting
current to the ground, which will trip the
circuit breaker, and stop the current flow
to the device.

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Grounded Duplex Receptacle

Ungrounded, Polarized Duplex Receptacle

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Ungrounded, Non-Polarized Duplex Receptacle Grounded Fault Circuit Interrupter

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20A, 120V Duplex Receptacle 34

20A, 240V Appliance Receptacle