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Which wire on an ac cable Is the neutral the one with or without writing?
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On a lamp cord or two wire extension cord the writing is on the neutral side. Double check this by tracing the wire down to the cord end. You should find the neutral wire connected to the wider blade, of the two blades, of the plug cap
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Do you need a neutral wire for a light to work?
The neutral wire is the return wire back to the distribution panel from the load. Without this return wire no load will work.
Why are the live wire and neutral wire never joined together?
An electrical circuit forms a loop. The "live" or hot wire supplies the voltage, which is returned on the neutral. If the hot wire and neutral wire were connected together without a load between them, the circuit would be short out and trip the circuit's protection device.
Can ammeter be connected in neutral wire?
No, your live (brown) cable takes the load and pulls the amps from the supply, not the neutral. Your ammeter should be clipped on the live to get a correct reading.
Which wire goes on wide spade of cord?
The identified conductor on a two wire lamp cord cable will be the neutral wire. The identification will be a raised rib or on some the wire identification data will be used to identify the neutral. This wire connects to the wide blade, using a silver coloured screw on the plug (cap) as a connection point.
Why do some wires just have a live and a neutral wire?
The cable to a light bulb (with a plastic bulb holder) in a house, etc, usually has just a live and neutral wire. If a brass or metal bulb holder is used, an earth wire is advised for safety reasons.In the UK, mains power cables and wall sockets are of the three pin types, with the live (bRown wire) to the right, and the neutral (bLue wire) to the left, and the green and yellow striped wire to the earth pin.
My light fixture has writing on one wire but not the other?
If both wires are black then the one with the writing is the neutral wire. If the two wires are black and white then the white one is the neutral.
Do you need a neutral wire for a light to work?
The neutral wire is the return wire back to the distribution panel from the load. Without this return wire no load will work.
Why are the live wire and neutral wire never joined together?
An electrical circuit forms a loop. The "live" or hot wire supplies the voltage, which is returned on the neutral. If the hot wire and neutral wire were connected together without a load between them, the circuit would be short out and trip the circuit's protection device.
If both wires for a ceiling light fixture are black how do you tell which is the live wire and which is neutral?
If both wires are black, the one that connects to your white wire is the one that should have little writing on it. Black to the plain black wire, white to the wire with writing.
Can ammeter be connected in neutral wire?
No, your live (brown) cable takes the load and pulls the amps from the supply, not the neutral. Your ammeter should be clipped on the live to get a correct reading.
Which wire goes on wide spade of cord?
The identified conductor on a two wire lamp cord cable will be the neutral wire. The identification will be a raised rib or on some the wire identification data will be used to identify the neutral. This wire connects to the wide blade, using a silver coloured screw on the plug (cap) as a connection point.
What will happen without a neutral wire?
Current needs a return path to earth to flow. The neutral carries this flow. Therefore, no neutral and no current flow.
What is the white cable when connecting to a light switch?
On a light switch the white wire is neutral. All the neutral white wires are tied together under a wire nut and pushed back inside the box. The white is not connected to the switch.
Can you Convert a single 220 line into two 120 lines?
Answer for USA, Canada and countries running a 60 Hz power supply service. Yes, but you will need to change the wire from a 2 wire cable to a 3 wire cable. This allows the neutral to be brought out to the load.
How do you connect a 230 volt outlets using a neutral white wire?
I am taking this question to mean that you are making an installation using two wire cable that has a black and white in it. In this situation the white is not called a neutral. At the distribution panel end the white wire does not connect to the neutral bar. It will go to one side of a two pole breaker. the other side of the breaker will connect to the black wire of the cable. On the 230 volt receptacle end the two wires will connect to either side of the receptacle. Make sure that the cable wiring is rated to take the amperage that your plug-in device will draw. The last thing to do is identify the white wire as a "hot" current carrying conductor. This is done by placing black tape around the white wire. This is done at both ends of the cables white wire. This is done to ensure in the future that is someone else works on the circuit they will know that the wire is not a neutral conductor.In the market place there is a new cable that has no white wire in it. This cable is used for wiring baseboard heaters and has a different colour jacket to identify the type of cable it is. The internal wiring colours are black and red. This wire is used for all 230 volt circuits.
What is a bare cable?
Bare cable is simply a conductor without a coating, sheating, or covering. It is just bare wire.
What colour earth neutral and live in armoued cable?
All depends on what country you are in, wiring standards and cable type. Industrial cable in the UK is. :- Red = Live Black = Neutral Copper wire = earth. (add Green/Yellow striped sleeve at junctions.) Domestic is:- Brown = Live Blue = neutral Green/yellow stripe = Earth Europe Black = Live Blue = Neutral Brown = Earth
