|
|
|
#1
09-20-2003, 09:34 PM
|
||||
|
||||
Need electrical advice
I am gutting an old mini-fridge to use as an incubator so I want to install a light bulb of low wattage for the heat source.
On a 3-pronged grounded cord, if the ground is facing up, which side will be neutral and which side will be hot, left or right? Just want to check so I don't zap myself. 
|
|
#2
09-20-2003, 11:38 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
is there a white and black wire? white is commen and black is hot. also if the plug has one spade bigger than the other the larger one is commen (white) and the smaller one is hot (black) at least that is the way my new house is wired
 Steve
__________________
 *everything said above is just my opinion, and may or may not reflect the views of this BBS, its Operators, and its Members. If cornered on any “opinion” I post I will totally deny having ever said this in a Court of Law…Unless I am the right one*Some strive to be perfect.... I just strive.
|
|
#3
09-21-2003, 02:44 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Thanks.
There is no white and black wire. The grounded appliance cord has 2 brown wires, one being hot and one being neutral. It also has a green ground wire which is attached to the metal appliance housing. So I am trying to figure out from the alignment of the three-wired plug, which wire is hot and which is neutral.
|
|
#5
09-21-2003, 03:15 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Quote:
Steve
__________________
*everything said above is just my opinion, and may or may not reflect the views of this BBS, its Operators, and its Members. If cornered on any “opinion” I post I will totally deny having ever said this in a Court of Law…Unless I am the right one*Some strive to be perfect.... I just strive.
|
Linear Mode
