Basic Electrical Outlet Wiring Diagram. Don t use this receptacle when no ground wire is available. A grounded contact at the bottom center is crescent shaped.
Wiring a grounded duplex receptacle outlet. Click the icons below to get our nec compliant electrical calc elite or electric toolkit available for android and ios. See actual switch box wiring diagram.
The long slot on the left is the neutral contact and the short slot is the hot contact.
Don t use this receptacle when no ground wire is available. The black wire line and white neutral connect to the receptacle terminals and another 2 wire nm that travels to the next receptacle. The long slot on the left is the neutral contact and the short slot is the hot contact. Don t use this receptacle when no ground wire is available.
