My electrical outlet has two black wires, one white wire, and one copper ground wire. All the diagrams I have seen have indicated there should be 1 black and 1 white, or
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Pull chain light in basment. Black wire connect to silver and white to gold screw. Is that backwards or was this done intentionally. House with very old wiring built in 1960 : r/electrical
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I'm confused. Leviton plug instructions specify (a) black wire to brass screw, (b) green wire to green screw, (c) white wire to silver screw. Romex 12/3 has four wires: (a) red, (b)
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