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Electrical outlet question
The previous owners of my home painted over the outlets. I have replaced the first outlet without any problems. The painted outlet was the average residential type with one slight difference. The neutral and hot wires were attached via 2 holes in the back of the outlet. Not to the connectors on each side. No problem. I hooked these up to the appropriated connectors on the new outlet. Now the second outlet is of the same type. However, instead of having 1 hot wire and 1 neutral coming in the back it has: 2 hot and 2 neutral in the back. Plus, 1 hot and 1 neutral attached to the side. The side hot and neutral are attached diagnoly from each other. The neutral is on the bottom screw and the hot is on the top screw. That makes 6 wires plus the ground. Why so many? How can I convert this to a standard 2 hot, 2 neutral, and one ground outlet? Or should I just go out and purchase a different outlet with the holes in the back and the connectors on the side?
Thanks
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