Favorite 2 Prong Plug Wiring
Electric plugs only need two prongs and that s all many of them have.
2 prong plug wiring. On a conventional 120 volt two pronged electrical outlet that accepts grounded plugs two prongs plus the rounded center ground connector prong your circuit will have three wires. Without that third prong for grounding the risk of appliance damage and even electrocution is increased. It lacks the safety feature of the third prong.
What is a 2 prong plug. The white neutral wire this wire is connected to the silver screw on the electrical receptacle often labeled neutral. What it doesn t have is the third lower prong for the ground wire.
Welcome to this video where i will be going over how to replace a 2 prong plug. A 2 prong has only two flat prongs one a little wider than the other for the neutral wire and the narrower one for the hot wire. One prong connects to the hot wire which is the live circuit wire and one connects to the neutral wire which is the one that completes the electrical circuit.
Our dog chewed up one of our cord ends and i had to replace it.