110 Electrical Question

Anonymous-0 · May 22, 2009

My memory fails me lots.Im making a short extention cord and I could not remember if the netural wire(white) goes to the wide slot or the smaller slot.I know the green goes to the round looking prong. Thanks R.M. IN AL

JMOR · May 22, 2009

(quoted from post at 23:12:47 05/22/09) My memory fails me lots.Im making a short extention cord and I could not remember if the netural wire(white) goes to the wide slot or the smaller slot.I know the green goes to the round looking prong. Thanks R.M. IN AL

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Ken-Pa · May 22, 2009

Your connections should be & usually are marked as so . Brass colored is for the black wire ( hot ), silver colored (wide prong) is for the white neutral, & as you said the round ( usually green ) is for ground wire . Another thing to remember is that anytime a white wire is used for a feed ( like for a switch ) instead of neutral , always put a piece of red or black electrical tape on it so the guy who works on it next time will know its a hot wire not a neutral. HTH ! God bless, Ken

NOXJohn · May 23, 2009

The white goes to the wide slot (silver screw), black to the narrow slot (gold screw) and green or bare to the round slot(green screw)

Anonymous-0 · May 23, 2009

black to brass is how i remember good luck

Anonymous-0 · May 23, 2009

I was making a 4' extention cord and on the male end someone had switched the gold and silver screws is what made me question my sanity.When I got to the female end it was ok so I got it fixed and worked good thanks all..R.M. IN AL

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