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The BIGGEST Mistakes DIYers Don't Know They Are Making When Wiring Receptacles | How To

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now when it comes to installing

receptacles or other devices like them

i've seen a lot of very common mistakes

or at the very least some very poor

practices when installing these types of

devices so there's quite a few of them

so let's go ahead and jump right in

let's go alright so the first mistake

i'm going to go over when discussing

installing these receptacles this may

seem very basic but you might be

surprised how many people don't know the

difference as far as where the wires are

supposed to go so on this side here

you'll see we've got these gold colored

terminals if we flip it over the other

side we've got these silver colored

terminals the gold colored terminals are

going to be for your hot wire typically

it's going to be a black wire that's

coming in that's supplying the power and

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