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Assuming you are talking about lamp cord wire. The ribbed conductor or the one with the writing on it will be the hot, the other will be the neutral. You can verify this with an electrical meter that can measure ohms. the center of you light socket should be the hot and the shell should be the neutral. Also if your plug is polarized (one wide and one narrow blade) the wide blade is the neutral and the narrow is the hot.

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Which is the hot wire if there are both black and red wires?

The hot wire could be either the black or red wire, as both are commonly used for hot wires in electrical wiring. It's important to use a voltage tester to determine which is carrying the current before working on the wires.


If there are two black and one white wire in ceiling light do I need to use both black for the switch to work?

If there are two black wires, it's possible that it was wired for a ceiling fan and that one of the wires is for the fan part while the other is for the light part. If so, one of the black wires may be switched while the other is always "on." Normally black is "hot" and white is "neutral" (NOT ground... ground is usually green).


How do you wire two outside light sensing motion porch lights that are controlled from one switch with each light having a white black ground and optional red wire?

Connect the black wire from the switch to the black wires of both lights. Connect the white wires together. Connect the red wire, if used for the motion sensor, to the black wires on the lights. Connect all ground wires together and to the ground terminal on the switch. Make sure to turn off power before connecting any wires for safety.


How do you hook up ele plug in wires coming in to house the plug has white black and ground wires and the wire from the house has white black red and ground hooked to a 30amp fuse?

You will have to check to make sure. Normally, with 4 wires, the black and red are both power for 220. White for neutral and bare for ground. If you are only using one leg of it, you would use the black, white, bare ones and cap the red one. Someone may have used the 4 strand because they had it or 220 was planned but not done or both the red and black are hot. You should be able to tell in the panel. Do the red and black both connect to separate breakers or to one or is the red not connected?


How do you wire a two pole lamp holder with a pull chain when you have four wires coming out of the wall?

Assuming the wires are 2 blacks and 2 whites, and assuming one set provides power and the other set continues the circuit downline, you connect both black wires to the black wire of the lamp holder and connect both white wires to the white wire of the lamp holder. Turn the circuit off before making these connections.

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How can you determine which wire is hot when both wires are black?

To determine which wire is hot when both wires are black, you can use a voltage tester or a multimeter to check for voltage. The wire that shows a voltage reading is the hot wire. Make sure to follow proper safety precautions when working with electrical wires.


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If there are two black and one white wire in ceiling light do I need to use both black for the switch to work?

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Will brown and blue make black?

If you use a dark brown and blue probably. If one or both are lighter than probably not.


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