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What color is the hot leg of 12 2 120 volt residential circuit?
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∙ 14y ago
Answer for USA, Canada and countries running a 60 Hz supply service.
There should be a clarification of what a three wire cable is. A three wire cable consists of three main wires and a bare ground wire. The wire colours are, red, black and white. In normal circumstances the red and black wires are used as "hot" conductors. The white in this cable set is usually used as a neutral.
Two commonly used procedures for a three wire cable in home wiring are for kitchen counter split receptacles and the other is for the traveler cable connection between three way switching. Also in home wiring, larger three wire cables are used for the range and dryer connections.
In larger square foot homes, circuits that are right across the home from the distribution panel are fed with three wire cables. This allows two circuits to be connected to the one cable much like the kitchen counter receptacles.
Now if your definition of a three wire cable includes counting the ground wire, the electrical terminology of this cable is a two wire. In a two wire cable the black conductor is the "hot" wire.
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 JOB
SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY
REFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
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