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Proper Wiring Of Electrical Receptacle?

My top plug of my receptacles is dedicated to holiday lighting controlled by a single pole switch. The lights remain on, cannot turn off. Switch is OK. Someone told me that when I recently replaced a receptacle in the line, I failed to snip the metal tab. There are two tabs one on each side. Which one do I snip??

Asked by Tony LaRocco on Oct 16, 2010

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Daniel Snyder   L6: Knoji Pro   332 answers   +845 votes
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The brass side, where the black and/or red wires are connected. Take off the switch cover plate and look, the 2 screws on the switch should either have a red and black, or 2 black wires connected to them. Look at my recent article about this.

http://factoidz.com/how-to-wire-a-switched-outlet-half-hot-outlet/

 

 

Posted on Oct 16, 2010
blossom fedrick   L1: Knoji Member   6 answers   +0 votes
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Thanks Daniel. I read your article. And find so much out of it. And would like to share it.

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