Replaced all my Living Room Outlets

Just wanted to share that I spent about $50 and an afternoon replacing all the outlets in my home with Eaton / Arrow Hart commercial grade outlets. I don’t think it sounds better, but I sure feel a lot more peace of mind.

This house is about 16 years old and a rental for most of the time. Several outlets showed signs of wear, they either didn’t grip a plug well or had too much movement when pressed. In addition all of them were back stabbed which is a fire hazard due to the ability of them to make poor contact, which is also bad news for a stereo.

I am lucky enough to have a dedicated circuit to the living room but with all the outlets daisy chained it made no sense to replace just the outlet at the stereo. They all had to go.

I forgot who it was but an A'goner recommended outlet shim plates and I am extremely grateful for that advice.

For the price I think this was a sound (hahahaha, I’m funny) investment.

I wrote about it more below: