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If there are a red wire a black wire and a bare wire in a 120 volt supply wire which is the hot wire?
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Where there is a red wire involved that usually indicates some type of special switching arrangement or more likely a 240 Volt circuit. In this case there will be 240 volts across the red and black and they will both be hot. Normally for 120 Volts the black is hot, the white is common and the bare wire is ground.
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White wire a black wire a red wire and a bare wire?
white wire = neutral bare wire = ground black wire = line voltage red wire = returned from a switch, or the other phase of line voltage in order to supply 240VAC
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red wire connected to live conductor of supply intake,while the white wire connected to neutral conductor or supply and the bare wire connected to the protective earthing of
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Should be about 120 VAC.
Negative 12 volt wire?
black
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White wire a black wire a red wire and a bare wire?
white wire = neutral bare wire = ground black wire = line voltage red wire = returned from a switch, or the other phase of line voltage in order to supply 240VAC
How do you wire a 3 wire European oven white black green to a US receptacle with 4 wires white black red and bare?
red wire connected to live conductor of supply intake,while the white wire connected to neutral conductor or supply and the bare wire connected to the protective earthing of
What is the ac voltage reading between the bare copper wire and the hot black wire 120 vac or zero volt?
Should be about 120 VAC.
Is the black wire the hot wire in PCs just like in home wiring and AC circuits?
No, internal PC wiring colors do not correspond to the standard AC wiring colors. Computer power supplies provide direct current to the computer and peripherals. When using direct current, the black wire is the ground wire. The red wire to the peripheral supply cables are 5 volt, and the yellow wire is 12 volt. Some SATA power connectors have an orange wire that is 3.3 volt.
How do you wire a cooktop with red black white and green to a house with red black green?
== == For the safety and protection of any user of the cook top it is essential that it is correctly wired to a green or bare ground wire that is separate to the white neutral wire.For more information see the answer to the Related Question shown below: "How does the ground or earth wire of an appliance protect a user if there is a fault with that particular appliance?A Green wire (or bare wire with no insulation) is normally the local "Ground"wire.A White wire is normally the "Neutral" wire. It is common to both hot legs on a standard 240 Volt supply.A Black wire can be one of the two "Hot" legs of a standard 240 Volt supply or it can be the single "Hot" wire of a standard 120 Volt supply.A Red wire can be the other of the two "Hot" legs of a standard 240 Volt supply. === === === === For the safety and protection of any user of the cook top it is essential that it is correctly wired to a green/yellow ground wire that is separate to the blue neutral wire.For more information see the answer to the Related Question shown below: "How does the ground or earth wire of an appliance protect a user if there is a fault with that particular appliance?A Green/Yellow wire is normally the local "Earth"wire.A Blue wire is normally the "Neutral" wire on a standard 230 Volt supply. (In the UK this may be a Black wire if the circuit was installed before 2006.)A Brown wire is normally the "Live" wire on a standard 230 Volt supply. (In the UK this may be a Red wire if the circuit was installed before 2006.) As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.Before you do any work yourself,on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOBSAFELY AND COMPETENTLYREFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
Negative 12 volt wire?
black
How do you wire 120 volt 2 bulb 8 ft?
It sounds like you are talking about a two tube eight foot fluorescent fixture. Open the fixture up and you will find a ballast that has probably two yellow wires, two blue wires, two red wires and a black and white wire coming out of it. The 120 volt supply will connect to the black and white wires that protrude out of the ballast. Black ballast to black supply and white ballast to white supply.
What is 4160 Volt electrical wire insulation rated for?
You can use an insulation rating 5000 volt to run 4160 volt supply.
What goes black white green black white green?
A Green wire (or bare wire with no insulation) is normally the local "Ground "wire.A White wire is normally the "Neutral" wire. It is common to both hot legs on a 240 Volt supply.A Black wire can be the "Hot" wire of a 120 Volt supply or one of the two "Hot" legs of a 240 Volt supply.A Red wire can be the other of the two "Hot" legs of a 240 Volt supply.: IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOBSAFELY AND COMPETENTLYREFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS. If you do this work yourself, always turn off the powerat the breaker box/fuse panel BEFORE you attempt to do any work ANDalways use an electrician's test meter having metal-tipped probes(not a simple proximity voltage indicator)to insure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.
What are the colors in a 240 Volt electrical circuit?
Answer for USA, Canada and countries running a 60 Hz supply service.Flexible cords come in two basic insulation ratings 300 volts and 600 volts. Both insulation ratings have the same wire count and colours inside the outer jacket. Two of the most commonly used cords are, a three wire that has, black, white and green and a four wire that has black, red, white and green. Other flexible cords are manufactured for submersible pumps and the pump manufactures have their cords made to their specifications with multi colours for identification. Flexible cord is also known as "cab tire (tyre)". I was told that the name was associated from the rubber that was put on carriage wheels to quieten the steel rims on the cobble stone roads. The wheel rubber looks like the modern flexible electrical cords.A Green wire (or bare wire with no insulation) is normally the local "Ground" wire.A White wire is normally the "Neutral" wire. It is common to both hot legs on a standard 240 Volt supply.A Black wire can be one of the two "Hot" legs of a standard 240 Volt supply or it can be the single "Hot" wire of a standard 120 Volt supply.A Red wire can be the other of the two "Hot" legs of a standard 240 Volt supply.Answer for countries in Europe and other world areas running a 50 Hz supply service.A Green/Yellow wire is normally the local "Earth" wire.A Blue wire is normally the "Neutral" wire on a standard 230 Volt supply.A Brown wire is normally the "Live" wire on a standard 230 Volt supply.As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.Before you do any work yourself,on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOBSAFELY AND COMPETENTLYREFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS
How do you wire multiple lights starting at the lights first switch last and a power drop behind?
Imagine a section of railroad track where the rails are the power source and the ties between rails are the lights. The rails will supply power and let's label them the black rail (hot) and the other rail white (neutral). The earth they are resting on is the ground (bare copper wire). So each light must be connected to black, white and ground. To switch all lights at once we need to open the connection just to the hot side. Wiring in parallel like this example you run a wire between each light and connect the incoming black wire to the light black wire and the outgoing black wire using a wire nut. You do the same for white and bare wires. When you are done you have a circuit that looks like the railroad track. You could connect a supply at either end and the lights would light. You could then just insert a switch in the black side and control all lights. In a situation where the supply is closer to one end of the circuit is closer to the other end physically you do the following. Run a wire from the switch to end where supply is located. On this wire wrap about 3 inches of black electric tape on the stripped white pigtail on each end. This designate the white wire is hot. Now connect black wire to one side of switch and taped white wire to other side. Connect bare wire to green ground terminal on switch. At the supply end connect the black wire from supply yo black switch wire and black light wire to taped white wire. Connect grounds together. Connect white supply wire to white light wire.
What is the minimum ground wire size for a 20 amp 110 volt circuit?
The ground wire in a two or three conductor #12 cable is a #14 bare ground wire.
