On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:54:58 -0800 (PST), 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

No electrical box shall be made inaccessible! So you may need to
move the box or change the cabinet to make it accessible. No wires
shall be connected outside a box. Use wire nuts, do not use black
tape. Can assume anything, but usually all black wires are connected
together. All white wires are connected together. An outlet tester
and a little neon tester are good inexpensive tools.