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Connect the black wire the brass-colored terminal on
switches, receptacles, sockets, fuse boxes, and the black
wires pull chain fixtures. THE WIRING PLASTIC AND METAL BOXES THE SAME,
EXCEPTFORTHE GROUNDWIRE.
NEVER CONNECT THE BLACK (HOT) WIRE THE
WHITE (NEUTRAL) WIRE. Again—never hook the hot wire!
WHITE WIRE ATTACHED
TO WHITE SILVER
TERMINAL SCREW (
CIRCUIT
BREAKER BOX
BLACK WIRE ATTACHED
TO BRASS TERMINAL SCREW
12-2 WIRE '
(WITH GROUND)
CEILING BOX
GROUND WIRE ATTACHED
TO GREEN HEX GROUNDING
TERMINAL SCREW
•ONTHISPAGEWESHOWUSINGMETALWALLANDMETALCEILING
BOXES.WIRING COLOR GUIDE
c WHITE WIRE nfutral
BLACK WIRE tor
• 11111 RED WIRE hot
BARE WIRE ground wire
How the Home Electrical System Works
WIRE NUT GUIDE
a
mat
NUT
USE RED WIRE NUTS
WHERE WIRE NUTS ARE
USED THIS PAGE
INCLUDING GROUND WIRES
FROM
POWER
SOURCE
Color coding wire
• The black wire HOT
• The white wire NEUTRAL
Etch this wiring rule your memory and keep there. The white (neutral ground
wire—also called the "continuous wire") grounded the
electric service switch.
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lighting fixtures.THEGROUNDWIRE ATTACHESTO
THEMETALBOXES, PLASTICITDOESNOT, SEEPAGE6AND7FOR
MORE HOW THE GROUND WIRE WORKS PLASTIC BOXES. Connect the silver light-colored
terminal all receptacles, etc
