I was plugging in my TV and game systems into an electrical outlet that worked fine last year, when suddenly all of the power from that outlet stopped. I checked the breakers, and they are all fine, so then I decided to take the receptacle out. The receptacle was a three-hole one, with two brass screws on the right and two silver screws on the left. There is also a green screw on the bottom-left.
The only two wires that were wired to it were two black wires, one connected to the top-right brass screw and the other to the top-left silver screw. The other silver screw was connected to the green screw via a short wire. Looking at some diagrams online, I'm not sure if that receptacle was wired correctly, although it did work for quite a while. How should I go about re-wiring a new receptacle to it, seeing as I'm not sure if those two black wires are two hot wires, or just one hot and one neutral. Thanks!
2007-08-16
08:06:12
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