On Mar 2, 1:35*pm, snowburnt wrote:
I was replacing some receptacles in my kitchen (20 Amp circuit). *I
pulled out the existing receptacles and found that they had 7 wires
going into them, 3 white 3 black and 1 ground. *the receptacle had 2
screw terminals per side, and the extra 2 wires were in the back,
pushed in.

I was going to try to duplicate this but the new receptacles only
accept 14 gauge in the back and the old ones accept 12 or 14...the
wires seem to be 12. *so I can't duplicate with these decor plugs.

should I try to find receptacles with the 12 cu wires or could I put
two wires per screw, or connect two of them with a connector?

thanks

You need to learn modern good wiring practice. Today the pros will
pigtail the receptacles to the properly wire nutted input/output
wiring. Go to your library, box store, whatever, and get an up to date
book on wiring practices and read it. You will find that doing it
right is much easier than struggling with the mistakes of the past.
Good luck,

Joe