Hot and Ground Suddenly Reversed

That's what the smaller slot on your outlet is for Because the hot wire completes a circuit by coming in contact with the earth, if you touch a

Hot and Ground Suddenly Reversed  If you have a half-hot outlet in your home, fixing the problem with your outlet could be as easy as flipping a switch A half-hot outlet is a

That's what the smaller slot on your outlet is for Because the hot wire completes a circuit by coming in contact with the earth, if you touch a

which slot A plug with two prongs of the exact same shape and size is considered non-polarized You cannot tell which prong is the hot side and which is

1) Nope, does not matter which of the hot wires gets terminated on either of the 2 vertical slots On a 240 volt receptacle,

which slot is hot on an outlet When the receptacle is mounted horizontally, I recommend that the wide slot be lace on top In either case, this offers a last chance

If the tester is correct, this means the receptacle is dead from the hot wire not actually being hot In the illustration above, the left-hand