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Rewire a Plug

Buck Turgidson

12-24-2006

RBM

Thomas D. Horne...

Buck Turgidson

Stormin Mormon

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Posted by Buck Turgidson on December 24, 2006, 8:55 am

Probably a basic question, but I am rewiring a vacuum cleaner plug. Which
goes on the wide prong of the plug - the black or white wire?

Thanks

Posted by RBM on December 24, 2006, 8:57 am

The wide one is the white or neutral

> Probably a basic question, but I am rewiring a vacuum cleaner plug. Which

> goes on the wide prong of the plug - the black or white wire?

> Thanks

Posted by Thomas D. Horne, FF EMT on December 24, 2006, 8:59 am

Buck Turgidson wrote:

> Probably a basic question, but I am rewiring a vacuum cleaner plug. Which

> goes on the wide prong of the plug - the black or white wire?

> Thanks

Look at the color of the screws on the receptacle's terminals. That
should answer your question.
--
Tom Horne

Well we aren't no thin blue heroes and yet we aren't no blackguards to.
We're just working men and woman most remarkable like you.

Posted by Buck Turgidson on December 24, 2006, 9:07 am

> Look at the color of the screws on the receptacle's terminals. That

> should answer your question.

Thanks for the education! That's handy to know.

Posted by Stormin Mormon on December 26, 2006, 11:38 am

Typically the black is "hot" which goes on the narrow blade. The
white is neutral, which goes on the wide blade.

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.

> Probably a basic question, but I am rewiring a vacuum cleaner

plug. Which

> goes on the wide prong of the plug - the black or white wire?

> Thanks

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