Two Prong Electrical Outlet Safety

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The standard electrical outlet in America has a neutral slot, a hot slot and the U-shape grounding hole This is a receptacle which includes

The right slot is the hot wire, and the bottom slot is the ground and is partially rounded When an appliance is plugged in, power flows from the hot Incorrectly wired receptacles are not uncommon A three-slot receptacle has a hot-slot , a neutral slot and a grounding slot

slot 508 In a properly wired outlet, the 120-volts between the Hot and the GND, and also between the Neutral and the Hot, but without any voltage Looking at the receptacle itself, the hot side is the side of the outlet the thinner prong plugs into The thin prong is the hot wire, and the