Mickey;
I have also found that the ground and neutral are always on the
same side of the outlet, have you seen it differently?
Breeze
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Mickey Fixsen wrote:
> When viewing the face of the receptacle from the front and the round ground
> hole down, the black (hot) wire is on the right and the white (neutral) wire
> is on the left. There is a difference in the length of the flat slots on the
> front of the receptacle, also. If the receptacle is still oriented as above,
> the longer slot will be on the left and the shorter slot will be on the
> right. The white (neutral) wire goes to the long slot and the black (hot)
> wire goes to the short slot.
>
> Good luck.
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> From: Rob Monitor
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 9:11 AM
> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] where does the wier go
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> Hi, I'm wiring my shed so I can use my electric wood splitter in it. What I
> need to know is which side of a outlet plug does the white and black wire go.
> When you have the plug so the round ground hole on the front of the plug is
> down what side does the black wire go.
> THANKS ROB from Minnesota
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