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squirrellydw:

I am remodeling my kitchen and I have an electric outlet in a wall I need to get rid of.  How can I remove the outlet and terminate the wire?  I need to know how to terminate the wires.

TOK:
If its jumped from another outlet, figure it out with a meter and disconnect it there. Don't leave it live and try to put wire nuts or something on it. Its most likely just fed from the outlet to the right or left of it.


whammoed:
Is it the last outlet on the circuit or does it feed another?  (how many sets of wires are hooked up to it?)

squirrellydw:
it is the last outlet and it just has hot, neutral and ground.  My microwave was plugged into it.  It look as if it is comming across the ceiling.  I haven't even looked into tracing it back yet.  I just wanted to know how I can terminate it if I need to.

whammoed:
If you aren't totally confident working on it yourself, of course hire an electrician.
If it goes to the microwave it very well may be a dedicated circuit.
Flip the breaker when working on it of course.
Cut the stripped ends off and definitely use wire nuts to cap off the wires and cover the box with a blank plate if you are going to be leaving the wires in the box.
If it is a dedicated circuit you can also disconnect it in your electrical box, or have an electrician do it if you're not comfortable doing it yourself.
When you have the breaker flipped to it, does anything else not work?  (outlets, lights, etc)
If it is on a circuit with other things, do what TOK said and disconnect it from the outlet it comes from and clip off the stripped ends and wire-nut there too.
If you know you will never want to hook this back up again, once it is disconnected at both ends (not live anymore) you can push the ends out of the electrical boxes and abandon them.

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