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Looking at an electrical plug in the wall you will see two parallel slots. With the ground pin on the bottom, the slot on the right is the hot pin. The slot on the left, which is longer, is the neutral pin. Installing a receptical, the terminals on the back are brass screw to the hot wire and silver screw to the white. Brass, Hot - Silver, White, easy to remember that way.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 16y agoThe hot (water) outlet is generally on the left. The normal person being right handed would naturally reach out his right hand to turn on water tap on right and would get cold water. Cold water is more commonly used and would save person being burned when not expecting hot water.
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∙ 11y agoIn U.S. homes the black is hot.
Same goes for Canadian homes
also red wires are hot as well as blue wires
white indicates neutral wires
green or bare copper is the ground wires
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∙ 14y agoAs a general rule of thumb, for a standard 120v outlet, the black wire is considered hot. The white wire is considered neutral. The bare or green wire is ground.
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∙ 11y agoif properly wired ...
the short slot
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Is the red wire hot or common?
If wired correctly the red wire will be hot, but any wire can be hot regardless of colour if done incorrectly.
Can you Hot-wire a boat?
You can hot wire a boat. It just matters what type it is.
What to do with the white wire in track light with black green and white wires if the house does not have a white one?
The white is neutral. The house does have a neutral wire even though it may be black. One of those black wires is the neutral and the other is the hot wire. You will have to determine which is hot and which is neutral. You can easily do this with a voltage tester. The wire that lights the tester is the hot. When you wire the light simply wire the hot to hot, and the white and green to the other wire.
When wiring a house do you have to use the black wire as the hot wire?
No, there are different occasions when the red of a three wire cable gets used as a hot wire. There also times when the white wire gets used as a hot but has to be re identified as a hot with marking tape. When wiring baseboard heaters the cable used is red and black with no white wire in the set.
How do you wire a light switch with only black and red wires?
Connect the black wire to the incoming hot wire and the red wire to the out going load.
What is the definition of hot wire?
Very literally, hot wire is a wire that is hot. Pertaining to vehicles, to hot wire a vehicle is to start the engine or motor of the vehicles without the use of the ignition.
Is the red wire hot or common?
If wired correctly the red wire will be hot, but any wire can be hot regardless of colour if done incorrectly.
How does a hot wire relay work?
35 ampRefrigeratorRun a hot wire to the positive wire on the radiator fan
What wire is the hot wire and ground wire in a 1990 cutlass supreme?
the hot wire goes to the starter and the ground wire bolts to the engine block.
Can a hot wire kill a cardinal?
yes a hot wire can kill a cardinal.
Can you Hot-wire a boat?
You can hot wire a boat. It just matters what type it is.
When at a 2 pole light switch and the wire colors shown are black white and green which is the hot wire and which is the common?
the black wire is the hot wire
Does the Renault car horn have a hot wire to it?
The Renault car does not come with a hot wired car horn. However, you can splice the wire and hot wire the horn yourself.
How do you hot wire a Saab?
Get a hot key that looks like a wire, insert into ignition and turn
What to do with the white wire in track light with black green and white wires if the house does not have a white one?
The white is neutral. The house does have a neutral wire even though it may be black. One of those black wires is the neutral and the other is the hot wire. You will have to determine which is hot and which is neutral. You can easily do this with a voltage tester. The wire that lights the tester is the hot. When you wire the light simply wire the hot to hot, and the white and green to the other wire.
What wire goes to the top pin on a three pin wire?
hot wire
When wiring a house do you have to use the black wire as the hot wire?
No, there are different occasions when the red of a three wire cable gets used as a hot wire. There also times when the white wire gets used as a hot but has to be re identified as a hot with marking tape. When wiring baseboard heaters the cable used is red and black with no white wire in the set.
