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What color wire goes to the brass screw on the back of an outlet?
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∙ 10y ago
The brass screw is for the hot connection, usually the black wire.; sometimes a red one. The silver colored screw is for the white wire or neutral. If there is a green screw, it's for the ground, usually a bare wire but may also be green.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe "hot" usually black wire is connected to the brass coloured screw. The white wire is connected to the silver coloured screw and the bare ground wire is connected to the green screw of the receptacle.
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∙ 10y agoFor a country using the USA standard house wiring color code:
the black wire connects to the brass color screw.white to silver color,ground to green.
The international standard for the "live" wire is brown, which would go to the brass screw, plus blue to the white screw, green/yellow to the green screw.
In some cases, another color may also need to be switched, such as a red wire or a white (or blue) one in a three-way circuit. If white or blue wires are to be used for switched live voltage, they should have black or brown colored electrical tape applied to them where they enter the junction box.
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That answer is not completely true. In the United States, the National Electrical Code requires that white or natural grey shall be for neutral conductors, {silver terminal} and green, green/yellow insulation or bare copper wire on the grounding terminal, {green terminal}. The hot, {brass terminal} may utilize any other color insulated conductor. While it is common practice to use black for the hot when using Romex, other colors may be used.
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∙ 14y agoThe "hot" (usually black) wire is connected to the brass screw, white wire to the silver coloured screw and ground wire to the green screw.
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