Electrical Question

Can anyone tell me how to hook up this electrical plug?


It runs from my lamp to my bank of magnetic ballasts which is wired with a reg socket type plugs. On the 3rd pic, I've marked it A,B, & C ....... if anyone can tell me what color wire goes to which letter, it would be greatly appreciated. As you can tell, I hate playing with electrical stuff.

a black
b white
c green

Green wire goes on "C" as it's ground wire. As far as the hot (black) and neutral (white), is one of the prongs larger than the other? If so the neutral (white) wire connects to the larger prong, and the hot (black) connects to the smaller prong.

green to the middle being ground, the other two either post.

No, the two prongs are the same size and the third one is sort of round, i know that is the ground....just wasn't sure which color wire goes to ground.

mygirls said:

green to the middle being ground, the other two either post.

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Green to the middle is right, but you cannot guess with the other two. If you look at a standard home outlet, you will notice that the one slot is slightly larger then the other. The larger slot is for the Nuetral wire, white wire. And the small slot is for the hot, black wire. Hope this helps.

bricktown73 said:

Green to the middle is right, but you cannot guess with the other two. If you look at a standard home outlet, you will notice that the one slot is slightly larger then the other. The larger slot is for the Nuetral wire, white wire. And the small slot is for the hot, black wire. Hope this helps.

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single fase it don't matter. meaning your typical house outlets, and appliances.

It doesn't plug into the wall or like a typical house outlet....it plugs into the bank of ballasts I have. That was wired by an electician and has a normal house outlet. Does that make a difference? I can't take a picture of the ballast or outlet right now because I'm on the 12 hour dark period right now. Would i be safe to assume its wired like a house outlet then?

jenni8675309 said:

a black
b white
c green

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i agree

demonic1 said:

It doesn't plug into the wall or like a typical house outlet....it plugs into the bank of ballasts I have. That was wired by an electician and has a normal house outlet. Does that make a difference? I can't take a picture of the ballast or outlet right now because I'm on the 12 hour dark period right now. Would i be safe to assume its wired like a house outlet then?

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yes thats correct.

Ok thanks all. Rep ya all

Green = ground
silver = neutral (white)
gold = hot (black)

dirtyoz said:

Green = ground
silver = neutral (white)
gold = hot (black)

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Technically the hot wire typically goes to a brass screw. Since this is a non-polarized plug though, it doesn't matter which one gets the hot or neutral, just so long as green goes to ground.

forseti said:

Technically the hot wire typically goes to a brass screw. Since this is a non-polarized plug though, it doesn't matter which one gets the hot or neutral, just so long as green goes to ground.

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demonic1 said:

Can anyone tell me how to hook up this electrical plug?



It runs from my lamp to my bank of magnetic ballasts which is wired with a reg socket type plugs. On the 3rd pic, I've marked it A,B, & C ....... if anyone can tell me what color wire goes to which letter, it would be greatly appreciated. As you can tell, I hate playing with electrical stuff.

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Yes !

dirtyoz said:

Green = ground
silver = neutral (white)
gold = hot (black)

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Dirty Oz is correct !

forseti said:

Technically the hot wire typically goes to a brass screw. Since this is a non-polarized plug though, it doesn't matter which one gets the hot or neutral, just so long as green goes to ground.

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So is Forsetti ! except .. if it is a D=ground plug .. which it is .. it is also coded in the prongs ... the neutral is vertically longer and the receptacle matches it ..it's important to get it right .... small 60 watt lamps and no d-ground are not as important ..but an expensive Ballast is Important .. make sure u get it right .. and yes if a certified electrican wired your space then the neutral is matched at the receptacle

mygirls said:

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