Finally, someone explained it fast and easily without prongs or mulitmeters, I have been watching videos for a week and even purchased a multimeter, today I spent 3 hours looking for an answer on AC power adaptors which one is hot and neg and found answer hear. Thank you.
Thank you so much! short, sweet and to the point! I watched at least 7 videos before I found yours and now that I have, I can replace the cut cord on my pedestal fan. Ty! Ty! Ty!
Thank you so much. I tried to change my plug head to a three-pin and short circuited my house. I thought I needed to throw my light away. Now I will try it again.
i so learned this i always wondred if it was a standard my fear was ribbed would be hot and then the next company would make their ribbed newtral.thanks
You may need to buy a new plug, cut the wire and rewire a the new plug. You should be able to find them at the depot. Pretty straight forward, just identify the hot and attach it to the thin prong screw, neutral to wide prong screw and ground to the ground screw. Hope this helps.
Hey there, I have an antique, hot shaving cream machine and I am trying to wire up the heater on it and I don't know which is neutral and I'm scared if I attach the wiring I might burn the motor out. How can I tell?
Is the casing metal? The casing should be ground, with multimeter set to ohms resistance, put one leed on the casing and the other lead on each wire. One wire should show a resistance reading meaning it's the negative. The other should show 1, meaning their not connected. That would be the positive. This is my theory..
Finally, someone explained it fast and easily without prongs or mulitmeters, I have been watching videos for a week and even purchased a multimeter, today I spent 3 hours looking for an answer on AC power adaptors which one is hot and neg and found answer hear. Thank you.
The smooth vs ribbed part saved my life. Thanks for the video bro
This helped me today in replacing the plug on a block heater.
@@magnesium12 Happy I was able to help.
Thank you so much! short, sweet and to the point! I watched at least 7 videos before I found yours and now that I have, I can replace the cut cord on my pedestal fan. Ty! Ty! Ty!
Thank you for teaching me the correct information.
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Thank you so much. I tried to change my plug head to a three-pin and short circuited my house. I thought I needed to throw my light away. Now I will try it again.
You explained it perfectly , Made my job a lot easier.👍
Thank you so much sire. I'vebenn looking for this video for about 2 days 😂. Very happy now. I am going to save this video. Thank you so much 🎉🎉🎉
i have to say thank you for answering my question and making sense. You are the best!
Thanks for this! Exactly what I needed 🎉
Sweet..same as many other comments....exactly what i needed👍
Bro thanks this really helped
Found the ribbed wire! Thank you for the video. Top notch and short and to the point!
Bro, THANKS!
Thanks. Just the info I was looking for!
Yes thank you, that was extremely helpful.
Awesome and easy explantation. Thanks!
i so learned this i always wondred if it was a standard my fear was ribbed would be hot and then the next company would make their ribbed newtral.thanks
Super helpful!!
How would I connect a ground wire to that coming from an led light that’s supposed to be hardwired
Thanks so much!
Very helpful
The wires from my extension cord are not ribbed, they’re plan with no marks or write ups and of the same size😩😩. How do I identify them?
Thanks
Nice
Im trying to fix an old lamp, and it has 3 wires. I identified the hot and neutral but there is another wire not wrapped in plastic or anything.
I believe that is the ground wire and it usually gets wrapped around a green screw. hope that helps!
How do you fix or replace a plug prong that popped off the end of a plug
You may need to buy a new plug, cut the wire and rewire a the new plug. You should be able to find them at the depot. Pretty straight forward, just identify the hot and attach it to the thin prong screw, neutral to wide prong screw and ground to the ground screw. Hope this helps.
@@diybasics6270 yeah it did. Thanks alot
Hey there, I have an antique, hot shaving cream machine and I am trying to wire up the heater on it and I don't know which is neutral and I'm scared if I attach the wiring I might burn the motor out. How can I tell?
Is the casing metal? The casing should be ground, with multimeter set to ohms resistance, put one leed on the casing and the other lead on each wire. One wire should show a resistance reading meaning it's the negative. The other should show 1, meaning their not connected. That would be the positive. This is my theory..
Ty 🙏
Ok