Quick electrical question - Replacing outlets

[codeyf]

Ok, so I have an outlet that is controlled by a light switch. I take out the old switch and it has 6 wires going in to it. 2 white, 2 black, ground, and a red wire.

Looks like the red just went in to one of the black terminals. I'm just replacing it with standard grounding outlets.

Question is, do I need a different kind of outlet for this? Am I correct that the red wire goes to one of black terminals?

TIA!

 

[dartworth]

Do you still what the switch to control the outlet?

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: dartworth
Do you still what the switch to control the outlet?

Yup, it's just a regular light switch.

I'm basically just replacing the old nasty 20+ yr old outlets with new white ones.

 

[Kilgor]

Make sure you use the right kind of outlets for the wire type ( copper or Alum). 🙂

 

[codeyf]

anyone?

 

[iamwiz82]

Is that a three-way switch?

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Only one of the two sockets in the outlet is switched, correct? Make sure to break off the tab connecting the two outlets on the hot side. Then the switched side should get the red and the other the black.

IIRC 😉

 

[Ornery]

Something's fishy. I'd sure like to see pictures before you screw with it.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Ornery
Something's fishy. I'd sure like to see pictures before you screw with it.

I think Matt has it actually - what he describes makes sense if only half the outlet is switched.

My guess is one of the blacks is always hot, the red come from the switch so is hot based on the switch position, the other pair goes downstream to feed another outlet.