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Electrical question
In an orange extension cord with a black, white, and green cord, which color goes to which prong in the plug in?
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08/14/13, 11:03 AM
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The green one goes to the round prong, and I'm 50% sure the white one goes to the wider flat prong 
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08/14/13, 11:04 AM
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White: wide blade prong
Black: narrow blade prong
Green: round prong
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08/14/13, 11:07 AM
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the screws on the plug are color coded.Green is for a bare wire or the green wire,silver screw gets the white and the black or red wire goes on the screw that has a bronze color to it. That's it and you're good to go!
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08/14/13, 11:13 AM
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Cabin Fever and 1shotwade are both correct.
If the plug has equal sized prongs...
Green = ground = green terminal.
Black = hot = gold or bronze terminal.
White = neutral = white terminal.
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08/14/13, 11:16 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cabin Fever
White: wide blade prong
Black: narrow blade prong
Green: round prong
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Yes that is it. The narrow one is the "hot" side, Wht. is neutral, and green of course is ground. I always look at the plug and make sure that it "matches" the plug in. LOL Then you know for sure, without looking closely at the plug when rewiring it, cause not all the replacement plugs ends have different colored connectors. LOL
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08/14/13, 11:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cabin Fever
White: wide blade prong
Black: narrow blade prong
Green: round prong
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The way I remember this is "white" and "wide" both start with "W" and "green" and "ground" both start with "G".
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08/14/13, 11:39 AM
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Another easy way of remembering is that plugs and wire coding are designed so that natural danger progressions happen. Green is good, easy, go and it won't "Bite." White is pretty safe, like a saint in white robes. Black (and red) are signs of danger, be careful.
With the plugs, the big hole that is easiest to stick things into corresponds to the green. The larger slot or prong, corresponds to the white, and the most difficult to get to (smallest prong or hole) is the black.
Once you realize the system is designed to show you safety, it is easy to remember.
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08/14/13, 11:54 AM
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BOTH BLADES same size.
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08/14/13, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by FarmboyBill
BOTH BLADES same size.
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08/14/13, 12:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FarmboyBill
BOTH BLADES same size.
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With the little face of the open socket facing you with the mouth at the bottom, Left is Large is white.
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08/14/13, 12:42 PM
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Little face of the open socket facing me???? the Mouth? at the bottom. SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY WHAT?????????????????????????????????
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08/14/13, 12:44 PM
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How bout, With the round plug facing me top at high noon. Which wire goes on 3 00 prong, and which goes on 9 00 prong??
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08/14/13, 01:23 PM
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Just so you don't get corn-fuzed, disregard the size of the prongs/openings.
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08/14/13, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by FarmboyBill
Little face of the open socket facing me???? the Mouth? at the bottom. SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY WHAT?????????????????????????????????
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Never seen a cartoon character, huh? 
Just out of curiosity, what do you think emoticons look like?  
Here is a socket being beat over the head with a fry pan. 
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08/14/13, 02:16 PM
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oh well, as with most things I do electrical, wood working or plumbing, I got this messed up also. Turns out the cord now has 2 male plugs on it. Have to get a couple females when I go to town lol
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08/14/13, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by FarmboyBill
oh well, as with most things I do electrical, wood working or plumbing, I got this messed up also. Turns out the cord now has 2 male plugs on it. Have to get a couple females when I go to town lol
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You now have what is known as a Jesus cord. In a power failure, you plug one end into a generator, one into a household socket and pray REALLY HARD. Until the power comes back on and wipes out your generator, you have power on that circuit.
At least now I know why you were wondering about the smiley face socket - you didn't have any!
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08/14/13, 04:23 PM
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Now U know, the rest of the story lol
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08/14/13, 04:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry Chickpea
With the plugs, the big hole that is easiest to stick things into corresponds to the green. The larger slot or prong, corresponds to the white, and the most difficult to get to (smallest prong or hole) is the black.
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Harry, if you are suggesting that the size of the hole is safety related, somebody was pulling your leg with that info. A polarized plug and receptacle are done so that electrical devices, like small appliances and portable lamps, have a clearly defined, non-reversible wiring scheme, in an attempt to keep the user as shielded as possible from accidental contact with the hot side. For example if you take a meter and "ring out" a socket of a table lamp, you will see that threaded portion of the socket (shell) is the neutral, and the center pin is the hot. obviously far safer than the reverse, where the shell is hot, and in close proximity to your hand, if you are touching the bulb. In the old days, the polarity of a table lamp was a 50/50 shot, since there were two ways to randomly plug it into a non-polarized outlet. Now tamper resistant outlets make the whole situation a bit more kid and idiot proof, but polarized plugs are still important.
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08/14/13, 08:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wharton
Harry, if you are suggesting that the size of the hole is safety related, somebody was pulling your leg with that info. A polarized plug and receptacle are done so that electrical devices, like small appliances and portable lamps, have a clearly defined, non-reversible wiring scheme, in an attempt to keep the user as shielded as possible from accidental contact with the hot side. For example if you take a meter and "ring out" a socket of a table lamp, you will see that threaded portion of the socket (shell) is the neutral, and the center pin is the hot. obviously far safer than the reverse, where the shell is hot, and in close proximity to your hand, if you are touching the bulb. In the old days, the polarity of a table lamp was a 50/50 shot, since there were two ways to randomly plug it into a non-polarized outlet. Now tamper resistant outlets make the whole situation a bit more kid and idiot proof, but polarized plugs are still important.
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Wharton - you just spent a whole post proving the point you were trying to disprove? I don't mind, just find it odd.
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