On Feb 1, 1:54*pm, Heather wrote:
I have a *NON*-GFCI 15A 125V duplex receptacle outlet in the garage.
(It reads 15A 125V on the front of the receptacle.) *I was installing
cabinets along that wall and had to remove the outlet's coverplate and
receptacle so that the cabinet could be installed flush to the wall.
I removed the receptacle and taped off each wire individually
(connecting nothing together) and installed my cabinets. *Shortly
after that, I discovered that many of the other outlets in the house
did not work! *Ugh! *I assume that all those outlets are wired in
series and I broke the circuit? *I removed the cabinet so I can
reconnect the wires. *Here's where I need help.

I have FIVE wires: TWO black hot wires, TWO white neutral wires and
ONE bare ground wire. *Which wires do I connect - - And how? *(Wire
nuts?) *And if matters WHICH white or WHICH black wire, how do I
figure that out?

Many thanks!
Heather

You had an amateur wiring job there. The receptacle was through wired,
both back wires on the brass terminals and both white wires on the
silver terminals. the bare wire was connected to the green ground
screw on the receptacle. This leaves the current path through the
jumpers on the receptacle, not a good wiring practice. The more
workman like way to do it is to wire nut a pigtail to the black wires
and connect that to the brass terminal.. Do the same with the white
wires pigtailed to the silver terminal.. Leave the ground wire on the
green terminal. I you have a metal box, I would pigtail it with the
ground wire or install a grounding clip on the receptacle screw. HTH

Joe