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javeryh:
I'm really confused now as to which is positive and which is negative. I did a little googling and found this:
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With American and Canadian plugs, if you look directly at a socket, the ground socket will be at a bottom, the live slot is on the right and the neutral slot is on the left. If the plug is polarized, the widest slot is the neutral connector.
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This would make the black wire in my plug positive and the white wire negative, right? I'm sure the green is ground.
I think I need to reverse the black and white wires but I'm not sure.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: spacies on September 26, 2007, 04:31:03 pm ---
I don't want to throw a spanner in the works but I am not sure about the wiring.
Reason? Yesterday I purchased a new LCD. It came with 2 power cables. 1 for NZ/OZ and the other USA.
Rather than cut a good cable, I cut the plug end off the US one instead to be hard wired into a cocktail.
Because we have different colour wires I thought it would be best to double check to make sure I had it right.
I was sure in my mind White was positive (hot, live.) Well I was wrong. It was the Black.
On the end of the plug that goes into the monitor it has little letters under each hole.
L (live, positive, hot) was Black
N (neutral) was white
Green is earth.
I tested this with a Multi Meter and was amazed that I had this wrong because it seemed obvious that white was Live. :-\
JaveryH. Please double check you wiring and can someone tell me wtf is going on?
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spacies - just to clarify what you sent me:
Green: Ground
Red: Live (Hot) - this is what you also looped the switch into
Black: Neutral
If this is right then it eliminates 1/2 the problem I think.... so I should go GREEN to green (ground), RED to black (positive) and BLACK to white (negative), right? (the all caps represent the wires you sent me).
We can figure it out! Thanks again for the help!
spacies:
No worries.
Mate, I know nothing about you crazy Americans wiring system. I thought you ran off a dedicated 110V system but on a HiFi forum I read guys have their houses wired with 220/240V as well? :dizzy: :dizzy:
All I know is that the plug I cut off had the wires all mixed up. In fact I think I am going to rip it out and use another that I know is right. Don't listen to me, I'm being overly paranoid about something I know little about, but I do know that plug that I cut off, the Black is Live.
Can someone help this guy out please before we never see him again!
Just kidding Muwhahahahahahahaaaaa :laugh2:
Dudeman:
That drawing you have there javeryh is correct for US wiring.
Not sure about OZ but here,
BLACK IS HOT!!!
EDIT:
To be sure you understand, I'm not talking out my arse. I was an electrician's helper for years before I went into to military and a little after also. Black is ALWAYS hot. Red is also used for hot (and for switch legs, but that is another subject). White is neutral, and green is ground. If we use a white wire for hot, code requires it be wrapped in black so future electricians know it's hot when they see it.
spacies:
Ok,
Here we go:
Note the letters on the plug. I have the the red prong in the L socket.
You can see in the background the other end of the Multi Meter with the black wire twisted around it and the Multi Meter digits confirming @ 0.00 there is a complete circuit.
That suggest Black is Live, Hot *edit* Do not touch, If you touch you will not pass GO and collect $200 :laugh2:
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