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August 12, 2017 18:07

How to install outlets in the wall unit - guide from A to Z

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most often rosette block of 2, 3, 4 "power points" set in the kitchen and in the room watching TV.Horizontal or vertical panel evrorozetok very comfortable, becauseIt allows in one place to connect an interactive group of home appliances, such as television, radio and DVD player.Then we'll show you how to perform the installation and connection socket unit in the house with their hands!

Contents:
  • nuance can be What?
  • Installation
  • Step 1 - Preparations
  • Step 2 - Partitioning walls
  • Step 3 - Create Stroebe
  • Step 4 - Mount Enclosures
  • Step 5 - electrical connection

Inthan nuance can be?

Today, the walls in the house can be concrete, wood, brick or plasterboard.Because of this mounting technology may have its own peculiarities - Toli you Stroebe concrete in the panel house, roofing felts simply set on the surface of the invoice block sockets (external) for open wiring.Next we will briefly tell you about each of the installation options, but still more detail you can learn about how to mount podrozetnik in concrete, brick and plasterboard wall in the corresponding article.

Another detail is that now we consider only the installation and connection technology C wall unit.To date, there is a combined option: power socket + switch, but the installation of such a combination will be discussed separately.

Installation

To help you understand how to correctly install and connect the power outlets with their own hands, then we will provide step by step instructions from A to Z with photo examples and illustrative video lessons.

Step 1 - Preparations

First you need to determine the order in which you want to put a group of rosette in the room.If this is the kitchen, it is best to place the socket strip on top, so that when you connect Multivarki, microwave oven and other kitchen equipment enough cord length.In the living room or hall is best to install the product behind the TV to the big screen would hide all the cords.If you decide to put a block of two or three outlets in the bathroom, keep in mind the important rule - the distance from the water must be not less than 0.6 meters while the casings of electrical outlets should be water proof.Learn more about this point, you can get in the paper - the height of the installation socket to European standards.Modern drawer in the kitchen Built-in option for TV

the way to the kitchen there is the original embodiment of the rosette block - sliding.Mortise housing in this case lies in the counter top and opens with a small button.Very comfortable and also safe, so it is recommended to establish a model of product, if desired.

Also, at this stage, you need to prepare a tool for shtrobleniya walls under and flush wiring.If the wall is concrete or brick, use a hammer drill with a special crown.For drywall also has its own nozzle shtrobleniya.In addition, prepare a building level, a marker and a tape measure.

Step 2 - Partitioning walls

actually a very important step, which will depend on the correct installation and connection further.You need to put the marks on the surface for installation Escutcheon on the basis of how many electrical outlets will be in the block.The first and very important rule - the distance between the centers of Enclosures should be strictly 72 mm.If you make an error when installing the decorative cover, it may not be in its place.In addition, make sure that all round Stroebe were placed in the same horizontal or vertical plane.To do this, we recommend to use the building level.The optimal distance between the cutting grooves in plaster

When the walls are marked, you can proceed to shtroblenie.

Step 3 - Create Stroebe

At this stage you have to make seats for embedded Enclosures.There is nothing complicated, the main thing that was at hand punch with an appropriate nozzle.If you decide to install a block of sockets in a concrete or brick wall, first proshtrobite circles crown and then emboss using a chisel and hammer the entire core.It discussed in detail the instructions for installing C wall unit in the concrete example in the video below.

How do shtroblenie brick wall socket for the installation of panels?

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If the walls in your apartment sewn sheets of plasterboard, there's even easier - with the help of punch and crowns Drywall carve round Stroebe according to the markup.

Installation glasses of drywall
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Step 4 - Mount Enclosures

The next thing you need to do - set podrozetnik unit.To date, there are special plastic cups, which can be connected to each other.Connect Enclosures will not be difficult even novice electrician.Special plastic cups

in brick and concrete walls need to vmazat glasses plaster solution.The drywall everything easier - pressed to the sheet Enclosures special tabs on the sides.Again, see the installation essence podrozetnik you can in the article to which we referred at the beginning.

Step 5 - Electrical connection

When the solution hardens (this applies to walls of concrete and brick), you can proceed to connect the unit to the inner sockets 220V with their own hands.Connect multiple evrorozetok permitted train from one input cable, if you do not connect very powerful home appliances, such as electric stove.


So, first turn off the electricity on the housing panel, then rewound the first podrozetnik input wires from the junction box: phase and ground zero.Then make a jumper to connect the remaining socket in the unit.Connecting the 3 or 4 sockets must be done under the scheme: Driving a train connection

Once you connect the wires to the appropriate terminals, you can manually fix the housing evrorozetok in Enclosures and install the decorative cover.

Video installation instructions
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How quickly connect triple rosette panel to the mains?
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That's the whole installation technology and connection socket unit in the wall.As you can see, all the stages elektrmontazhnyh work is not very sophisticated, so set rosette plate can be anyone.We strongly recommend that you review the video examples, you saw the whole essence markup shtrobleniya walls and wiring!

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