Hot Wire
Ground
Neutral Wire
2. Unscrew and remove the outlet plate; then use a voltage tester to make sure that the
circuit is dead.
3. Unscrew the outlet from the electrical box and pull it out with the wires still attached.
Three wires will be attached to the outlet: an incoming hot wire, which is black; a neutral
wire, which may be white, or any other color except green; and a grounding wire, which
is green or bare copper. There may be other wires in the box, but you are only dealing
with the ones connected directly to the outlet.
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