Lever Edge electrical switches & outlets

Well, with PriusChat being down so much and the fact that warm weather has stymied my "frog" antics in Portland, OR (How frogs went from right-wing meme to anti-ICE protest symbol), I decided to check all my home electrical outlets and switches

A few months ago, another PC member had mentioned using Leviton's new Lever Edge system when replacing an outlet. I had a couple of outlets where the plug was nearly falling out, so replaced them with Lever Edge models and was impressed.

So, not hopping around today, I decided to check all outlets and switches in this nearly 60-year-old home and found that several more outlets were "barely hanging on" to power plugs and a few wall switches were also loosey-goosie -- the switches flipping as easily as a politcian on election eve.

Headed to my local hardware store this morning and spent under $30 to replace eight old switches/outlets. It was really quick and easy with the lever system. The "improved" lever edge products are about a buck more than the old school -- at least at my hardware store.

All the outlets I replaced were old backstab only -- nary a screw connection, except for the ground. I ended up breaking the old outlets to get the wires out.

Anyway, nope, I "ain't" no influencer and I am not getting anything from Leviton for this (though I wish I knew how), but thought a few of you might be interested. Saved me a bit of time and a bit of cursing.

 

Color is white. Only color they had.

Replaced ivory, but, white for ivory, eh. No biggy.

But I do have two black outlets in the kitchen that have 20 AMP outlets, despite being 15 AMP lines.

Installed them myself in 2009 when I remodeled. I used wooden outlet covers and the black outlet looks great. White or ivory would be blah.

If there was lever lock in black, 15 amp, I would replace, mostly as I will be selling in a year or two and do not want hear the home inspector whine