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Inside the computer, the various ground wires are black. Computers use direct current inside. The wiring color differs from AC, where both red and black wires are hot wires, white is neutral, and green or bare is ground. In a computer, the red and yellow wires are positive wires of different voltages.

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Is the black wire in a computer the hot wire?

Computers are not dryers; they do not have a "hot wire."A standard desktop PC power supply unit uses this color code:The black wires is ground (zero V).The red wires provide +5 V.Yellow wires provide a +12 V to a device.


How do you ground a computer?

Grounding an electrical or electronics device commonly refers connecting it's power inlet ground pin to the ground connection of the power outlet. The power outlet ground connects to the ground connection provided by the electricity utility company or the building's common ground connection. The grounding essentially provides a zero volt reference. Many systems which have a metal chassis provide specific grounding points with screws/nuts to connect grounding wire. To ground chassis of a computer one need to connect ground wire to the metal case.


2000 mbz ml320 where do the ground wires from the 2nd o2 sensors heater wires connect do they ground to the body or through the computer if they connect to the computer which pins on which computer?

On the Mercedes ml320 you should be able to ground the o2 sensor to the body of the car. Just find an unpainted section and stick its ground wire on. If this does not work, try adding an isolation capacitor between the grounding pin and chassis as well. If this still doesn't work, got to the dealer.


How do you get an ATX power supply to turn on?

ATX power supplies do not have dedicated switches. They are signaled to turn on by a small button plugged into the motherboard and placed on the front of the computer case. It is possible to force an ATX power supply to turn on by running a wire between the PS_ON wire (the green wire) to a ground wire (a black one).


What happens if neutral and hot touch each other?

If a "hot" wire contacts the "neutral" or ground wire, electrical current flows to the ground.