Wiring Duplex Receptacle Diagram. The hot side of the circuit black wire should be wired to the brass screws while the neutral side of the circuit white wire should be wired to the silver screws. I have a problem with a duplex receptacle where the upper plug does not have power but the lower half does.
The black wire connects to the gfci hot lead. Why is only half of the outlet working how to wire a half hot outlet and switched outlet. The diagram will show how a standard switched duplex receptacle is wired.
Unless the small tab between screw pairs has been removed you need attach only one conductor to each side of the receptacle.
Wiring diagram for a 20 amp 120 volt duplex receptacle a 20 amp 120v duplex receptacle outlet like this should be installed in a circuit using 12 awg cable and a 20 amp circuit breaker. The following two switched outlet wiring diagrams depict how split or half switched outlets can be wired. Wiring diagram for a 20 amp 120 volt duplex receptacle a 20 amp 120v duplex receptacle outlet like this should be installed in a circuit using 12 awg cable and a 20 amp circuit breaker. Otherwise the arrangement will not function as it ought to be.