i,e one blade is wider
2007-08-04 22:12:17 · 10 answers · asked by wacker 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Heh heh. Lot of answers here. Which one you gonna believe? Truth is, the narrow blade is supposed to be the ungrounded (hot) conductor and the wide blade is the neutral. Some day some poor shmuck is going to kill himself or burn his house down using the answers on here.
2007-08-05 03:10:31 · answer #1 · answered by John himself 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
USUALLY, I say USUALLY it is the narrow one. Problem is that you cannot depend on it. Sometimes the careless or unknowing installer switches them. Don't take a chance that the one you are working with is correctly done. The cheapest voltmeter will tell you. Even though you know which is which, turn off the power and look again for voltage before doing any work on the circuit.
2007-08-05 10:33:21 · answer #2 · answered by Ed 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The narrow blade is connected to a hot phase and the wide blade is connected to the neutral.
2007-08-05 07:56:06 · answer #3 · answered by mechnginear 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
both are required to complete the circuit. The wider blade is generally on the supply side with the narrow one being the return.
2007-08-05 05:19:10 · answer #4 · answered by breezyburgee 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
By code, the narrow plug is intended to be hot, the wide plug is neutral return. On a flat cord the hot lead will have a ribbed edge or other color marking to indicate which side is hot. If you are installing a roller switch, break the hot side. If you are replacing a cord end, put the ribbed or color-coded side on the wide plug.
On my home, the polarity is reversed, so the only way to tell accurately is by using a test meter.
2007-08-05 08:02:39 · answer #5 · answered by OrakTheBold 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
At any time when dealing with electricity ask a (qualified tradesman) or best of all get him to do or supervise the job.
2007-08-05 12:20:47 · answer #6 · answered by leonard b 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WHICH EVER IS BREATHING THAT`S THE LIVE ONE
2007-08-08 14:16:31 · answer #7 · answered by ASK-HOLE 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ummm.... aren't they both live? It sounds as if you probably shouldn't be screwing with whatever it is you're trying to.....
2007-08-05 05:15:45 · answer #8 · answered by RIffRaffMama 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
They're both live...mind you dont get a shock.
2007-08-05 08:40:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
its alternating current ,so one is live one is nuteral so it dont matter
2007-08-05 05:18:39 · answer #10 · answered by Tony F 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋