Use the same techniques to terminate wires to receptacles as you did for switches: Strip off the insulation, make a hook or slide into a clamp, and tighten. The terminations will be different, though.

As backup power sources become more common in residential construction (Photo 1), many homeowners have learned about the needs and benefits of transfer switches. They know in the event of an electric ...

A single-pole switch has only two conductor terminals. To one terminal, you connect the supply (hot) wire, and to the other you connect the load wire. All this switch does is interrupt or not ...